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TERRE HAUTE, IND.

The Inception and Settlement of Terre Haute.

While this volume in no way purports to be а history, yet it
proper at the outset to embody in it a few of the more notable
facts in the development of this populous locality from the track-
less waste it once was,

At the beginning of the present century Terre Haute was un-
known, and as to its fame being unsung, why, there was nothin;
to sing about. Near the first half of the second decade 0
the century had elapsed when the site of the city still formed a
part of thé great prairie land overrun by itinerant Indians, strag
gling trappers, buffaloes and other denizens of the“ Wild West.

When trading-posts, established by the French, dotted a line
from the Canadas to New Orleans, the Күр whose batteaux
traversed the Wabash, gave to the beautiful prairie, noticeable for
its elevation above the low banke and bottom lands of the river,
the name of Terre Haute, but it was not until 1816 that the
town was platted by a company of settlers known as the Terre
Наше Land Company. The sité of Terre Haute was originally
a terraced plateau of beautiful prairie, dotted with little groves
and intersected by several little streams. Two or three miles
back from the river an elevation or bluff bounds the prairie and
offers the locations for future summer residences. With a faith
that it might grow to be а town of some hundreds of people, а
reservation was made for a church, school house and court house,
but in those days they needed a court house the most, for it was
built first, and the church about fifteen years later. The original
publie school ground now shows the fine State Normal School,
through which about a thousand students pass every year. The
old court house, built in the regulation square-box-pattern, has
been replaced by a building of great architectural beauty, worth
halfa million or more, built of that fine Indiana stone Known as

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oolitie limestone, as imperishable as the pyramids. The design-
©з started the city by тше and compass, gave it straight, wide,
right-angled streets and regularly laid out blocks, after which it
steadily grew and became the beautiful city it now is without the
benefit of extravagance by anybody.

‘There is but little trace of the French remaining, though some
of the rich lands along the Wabash were settled by the Canadian
French, whose friendship in Revolutionary days was rewarded by
grants of Jand from our National Government. The great fertility
and advantageous location of Terre Haute made it an important
trading and distributing point when it was but а village. Floti-
las of * broad horns,” or flat-boats, and quite а fleet of little steam-
boats were loaded with pork and produce for the Mississippi river
and New Orleans. Often in the spring flood a thousand * broad
horns” would be afloat between Terre Haute and the lower Ohio.
When the line of trade shifted from north and south to east and
west this point was still in the highway, and the great National
road, from Maryland to the Mississippi river, passed through it;
the Wabash and Erie canal, for a time such an important con-
nection of the lakes and ihe Ohio, also passed through it, to be
succeeded in °53 by а railroad as an avenue for eastern trade.
‘Terre Haute had to share in the vicissitudes of Indiana when in
the rage for internal improvements the State staggered under the
debts ‘contracted for canals and roads, but which were finally
cancelled, leaving it free from debt and with one of the largest
school funds in the. Union. The National road, with its stage
coaches, was paralleled by the Terre Haute & Richmond railroad,
destined to be an important link in the greatest railroad system
of the world—the pioneers of the nine railroads which converge
to this city. So naturally is this а center of trade and on the
main highways of travel from east to west and north to south
that the railroads, all important, come with but little effort or cost
оп the part of the city, and now no heavy railroad debt burdens
its tax-payers. То the 5,000 people here just before the T. H. &
1. was built may be added 5,000 for each new road—but the new
census will probably show more than 45,000 for the nine.

War times found Тете Haute an active little city of seven or
eight thousand people. It was on the edge of a district more
than suspected of “sympathy,” but went into the national strug-
gle with an ardor characteristic of Indiana and its superb war
record, and returned to peace with the stimulus for trade and
money-making which was one of the effects of the war through-
out the north. The opening of one of the most, remarkable coal
fields in the United States but a few miles from Terre Haute and
the discovery that other beds of coal were beneath it and around
it in all directions, with the increase of railroads naturally turned
the attention of its business men to manufactures and jobbing.
The small beginnings with native capital have grown to great
enterprises fostered by home capital and their own profits, but
great as they are they might be easily quadrupled and profitabl,
Supported in, the feld penetrated бу the nine railroads which
radiate from Terre Наше like spokes from а hub.

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‘The city is delightfully situated upon an elevation of about
sixty feet on the east bank of the Wabash river, near the lower
edge of Fort Harrison prairie, which is regarded as the finest in
the country. It is distant west of Indianapolis seventy-three
miles, and is nearly equi-distant from each of the cities of Cin-
cinnati, Chicago and St. Louis, with which and all other parts of
the country it is connected by excellent railway service. The
Wabash river, which washes its foot hills, rises in Mercer County,

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Ohio, and flows north-west into Huntington, Ind., where it re-
ceives Little river, which rises near the junction’ of the head
branches of Maumee river. It then crosses the State in а south-
west direction, receiving Eel and Tippecanoe rivers, on the north,
and Salamonie and Mississinewa rivers on the south side, and а
little below Terre Haute it takes a more southerly direction, form-
ing the boundary line between Indiana and Tllinois, until its
entrance into the Ohio, sixty-eight miles ‘mouth of
Cumberland river, and 137 miles above the Mississippi. It is the
largest northern tributary of the Ohio, and the second in its size

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in its whole course. It connects Lake Erie with the Ohio river
by means of the Wabash and Erie canal. Its entire length is
about six hundred miles, of which more than four hundred and
fifty miles have been navigable by steamboats at high water.
Besides having this easy access to all the grand highways of navi-
gation in the country, railroads have come to the city from all
quarters, and have so cultivated their fields of operation that they
are now, by great odds, the largest arm of the commercial service
of the city, constituting а transportation system rarely equaled
elsewhere.

The Wabash River.

‘The Wabash has been а river of varying fortunes—onee quite
a fleet of steamboats would lie at Terre Haute loading for trade on
the Ohio and Mississippi and returning with loads from the Bast
‘ia the Ohio ог from New Orleans. Pork packing was an impor
tant business; shipments of pork and grain by the steamers and
flathoats were very heavy. Railroads came and steamboats were

me. There was а time when the fishing boat above was the
шесе craft to be seen, but there has been something of a revival,
Boats of eonsiderable tonnage are owned in Vincennes and Terre
Наше. The Hudnut Milling Company owns two large steam-
boats which bring much freight from the towns below us, and are
used in carrying com from the rich Wabash bottoms to the Hud-
nut mills. ‘The supplies of grain and produce drawn from the
Wabash, and the goods shipped to the towns along make a very
considerable trade.

The river is not often thought of as an addition to the beauty
of Terre Haute, since it winds around that part of the city given
up to mills, lumber yards, ete., but it shows more of the pic-
turesque than it is given credit for, sweeping around the city in
easy curves, with a swift current and often spreading its waters a
great distance across the bottom lands towards the west. From
the opposite bank the river front of the city shows an imposing
range of business and manufacturing institutions. Beginning at
the south the Tool Works buildings loom up as do also the Dis-
tillery company’s buildings from their high location surrounded
by an array of cattle sheds, warehouses, corn cribs and cooper
shops; then follow the Gas company’s fine plant, the Artesian
bath houses, the Conant mill, the large and imposing stone
building оп ап eminence from which faces show through iron
bars, the large poultry packing house of A. Jordan, the big
cooper shops of James Nichols, the S00-barrel mill of Willard
Kidder, the Terre Haute Produce Company's busy poultry pack-
ing house, the planing mills, box factory, saw mill and extensive
lumber yardsof the Wabash Lumber Company, the new hominy
mills of the Hudnut Milling Company, Rolling Mill employing
400 people, the Hoop Factory, the Water Works building and a
number of brick yards at each end of the row. Altogether this
represents a great deal of business.

Ве census of 1870 gave Terre Haute a population of 16,103,

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that of 1880, 26,042, and the census of the present year is expected
to show not less than 40,000, while many well-informed persons
make it at present ten per cent. greater. Turning from the vision
of those hardy settlers standing in 1816 viewing the meadows and
forests where Terre Haute has since grown, we pass to the present
time and the enterprising city of Terre Haute rises in all its pro-
portions, wealth and business before us. What wondrous records
the years contain of change and progress! In them have had
birth and growth the steamboat, the railroad, the telephone, the

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electric light, and the greatest of all, liberty and freedom for all
citizens. Where in 1816 a little village stood on the verge of civili-
zation, peering timidly into the forest beyond, in 1890 ап important
sity stands with fifty millions of people to the west of her, while
the electric telegraph, the railroad and the steamboat connect her
with the world and’ its commerce. Our business is with the
present; with living men and their daily occupation and suc-
cesses—what they are doing for themselves in manufactures, con
merce, trade and finance and in advancing the general prosper
of the community, and by so doing point out to others the w
equaled opportunities that are here waiting to be utilized.

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Terre Haute in 1890.

It has been somewhat irreverently said that “God made the
country and man made the town.” Were this true of other cities
the saying has but a partial application to Terre Haute, whose
grand “ umbrageous temples not made with hands,” are the glory
of the streets and avenues and the pride of the inhabitants. Asa

lace of residence Terre Haute is unsurpassed, if indeed equaled
зу any other Western city. Its velvety lawns, fine drives, its
shaded streets, its healthfulness, its equable climate, the preva-
lence of thrift and comfort apparent even in the dwellings of the
middle classes, and the numerous spacious and costly mansions
of the rich, together with unsurpassed religious privileges and
educational facilities, combine to make this city one of the few
spots on earth akin to paradise.

A City of Homes.

This designation cannot be improved upon, for after admiring
the splendid residences of the wealthy and the handsome hous
of the well-to-do, the eye of the visitor will rest with infinite
leasure upon the houses of the mechanic, the clerk, the young
Business man and the laborer, miles and miles of the treets being
lined with neat but inexpensive houses, often surrounded by a
lot of ground, and each owned by its occupant. Land has never
m held at faney prices, and the result is as has been stated.
‘The reasonable prices at which the working classes have ‘been
able to obtain the great boon of owning their own domiciles, has
materially enhanced the welfare of the city, and apart from stim-
ulating habits of thrift, has created a class of citizens who are con-
tent, and having а stake in the country are not во prone to
become mixed up in labor troubles. This is perhaps one reason of
the infequency of strikes here, and, generally speaking, the rela
tions between employer and employed Бате been of the most
friendly character. Те savings bank and numerous building
and loan associations have done much good in this direction by
loaning money at low rates of interest to mechanics and others,
to enable them to own their own houses. Numerous capitalists
also stand ready to build and sell houses, payment to be made
in small weekly sums, out of the savings’ of wages, and no me-
chanic with steady employment and decent wages need be with-
‘out a home of his own in Terre Haute for any length of time, if
he desires to have опе. Hundreds of houses have been built
in this way in the past few years and the suburbs of Terre Haute
are rapidly filling up with neat and tasteful homes for the masses.

The Streets

are almost always the first subjects of remark by visitors to the
city, and worthily во, both on account of their width, cleanliness,
and’ fine shade ‘trees, with which they are almost’ universally
lined. The principal streets are Wabash Avenue, running at
right angles to the river, and Ohio, Cherry, Mulberry, Poplar and

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Walnut, parallel streets, with cross streets numbering from 1 to
25, besides which there are many others rapidly approaching the
first named in all the attributes of modern improvements.

Collett Park

is a beautiful tract of woodland and lawn, twenty acres in extent,
taking its name from the citizen who presented it to Terre Haute.
‘The city is enriched by the gift and in generous pride will beau-
tify it by liberal expenditure. A sharp advance in real estate
near it proves the eligibility of the location. А rapid growth is
springing up in its neighborhood and the investors ìn that qu:
ter will see one of the most beautiful additions to the city sı
rounding Collett Park at an early day.

Water Works.

The supply of water for household and manufacturing purposes
is unlimited, and protection from fire is аз completely assured as
in any city in the country. The Water Works, located on the
bank of the Wabash river, furnish water by direet supply and at
a pressure which will force a stream over the loftiest buildings in
the city. There are twenty miles of mains laid, and 329 public
hydrants enable the Fire Department to protect any property
within the city limits; records of fire service show that at almost
any point in the corporation several streams can be turned upon
a burning building in a few minutes after the first warning by the
Fire Alarm Telegraph signal. The efficiency of the Water Works
is proven by the rates of fire insurance, which are twenty to
thirty per cent. lower than in other Western cities.

Fire Department.

Among other good things, Тепе Haute possesses an excellent
14 Fire Department, consisting of steam fire engines, a chemical
engine, an aérial truck, а fire alarm telegraph system, and other
necessary apparatus of the latest improved character. Тһе force
of firemen are trained and expert, and the service has been put,
upon a most efficient basis.

Police Department.

АП parts of the city are well patrolled by а sturdy and expe-
rienced force of police, which, we are happy to say, owing to the
orderly character of the community and the absence of that
tough element more notable in larger cities, has little occasion for
extreme measures, though the vigilance of the department is in
no wise neglected for these reasons.

The inducements

offered to desirable manufacturers to settle in Terre Haute ате not
confined to cheap coal, timber, freights and land, for although
these are sufficient in themselves to secure success, the city is
liberal in its coöperation. An instance of its spirit was lately
shown in the contributions of large sums of money as well as

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sufficient land for the plants to the Fork and Tool Works and to
the Piano Case Works, which were considered by the projectors
to be so liberal as to have induced them to locate here. The
same spirit of public liberality awaits all worthy enterprises,

The Business Men’s Association.

Early in 1884 the necessity for an organization of Terre Haute
merchants and manufacturers became manifest, and this desire
found expression in the formation of the Board of Trade, which
as in existence for several years. The next attempt at anything
like concerted action was made in 1887, when the business men
met and formed the present association, which for two years was
known as the Citizens’ Manufacturing’ Association, and in 1889
the present title was adopted. It consists mainly of the leading
and active business men and manufacturers of Terre Haute, and
embraces representatives of nearly every department of mercan-
tile, commercial and manufacturing pursuits, The object of the
association is to promote the prosperity of the city by offering

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inducements to companies and individuals to locate business en-
terprises here: to introduce, foster and protect manufactories and
thus to contribute to the advancement of the general interests of
the whole city. Much has already been done toward the distribu-
tion of facts relative to the unparalleled advantages this
to offer to any one seeking а location, either for busi
prise or as а home for himself and family, and by
judicious and energetic methods, the Association, through its

ficers, is enabled to furnish all necessary information—facts and
figuresshowing the advantages and facilities Terre Haute ро

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sesses, and it stands ready to do anything that may assist in
building up the industrial resources of the city. Through the
efforts of the Association the Sanford Fork and Tool Works, em-

loving about 400 men, were brought here, as also were the Piano
Eae Works now being erected, ‘which, when ‘completed, ‘ill
furnish employment to 200 men. To this Ascoeiation’s active
interest the Normal School was retained in the city after the first
building had been destroyed by fire, and many minor enterprises
have been attracted and located here by reason of the diffusion of
information by the Association. The Association is now in cor-
respondence with several important industrial establishments,
whieh gives promise of results even greater than any heretofore
accomplished. Тһе officers of the Association are:

Herman Hulman, President.

В. б. Найти, Vice President.

Frank MeKeen, Treasurer.

С. М. Thompson, Secretary.

Dingctons:—A. Herz, Е. Havens, J. W. Craft, John G. Wil-
Паше.

Manufacturing.

‘The right place to manufacture successfully is evidently at a
point where the raw material accumulates naturally, and where,
at the same time, there is cheap power and advanced and ample
facilities for marketing the product. Terre Haute pre-eminently
furnishes these conditions. Situated at a focal point of nine
great railroads, connecting the city with the markets of the whole
country, and the lumber and coal regions of the immediate vicin-

у, material necessarily accumulates here, and cheap power is
amply provided and assured for all time. “Opportunities сап be
obtained here by the manufacturer superior to those of larger cit-
ies, for the reason that while equal facilities are found here, at the
same time the best and most positions are available at compara-
tively little cost. Excellent coal, iron, hard-wood lumber and
other materials for manufacturing purposes are right at hand, and
no city has better facilities for distributing the product. The
manufacturer who locates here will find everything at hand for
the successful furtherance of his enterprise, and a friendly’ and
helping hand will be offered him by every citizen of the commu-
nity. Та brief, some of the general advantages and attractions of
‘Terre Haute are

First. It is located in the most fertile and productive portion
of Indiana, and in one of the most thriving and prosperous as
cultural sections of the Central Western States.

Second. Tt possesses the advantages of railway competition in
all directions, and all competing lines express and show a liberal
spirit toward all manufacturing enterprises.

Third. Tt is situated contiguous to vast and valuable beds of
coal, quarries of ‘stone and rich forests of hard-wood timber.

Fourth. Tt is rich in capital, strong in credit, untrammeled
by debt, with small taxation, light municipal expenses, and cheap
real estate, destined to advance rapidly in value.

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Fifth, Те water supply is adequate for all purposes and is of
good quality, steam coal is furnished to factories at 50 cents per
ton, artificial fuel gas of good quality is supplied at 35 cents per
thousand feet, and the cost of food products is as low as in any
other producing section of the country.

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Sixth, Statisties show that it is one of the healthiest cities in
the Union, subject to no contagious diseases, and entirely free
from all prevailing sickness.

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Seventh. Its public and private school systems have been
placed upon a most satisfactory basis, and afford excellent educa-
tional айтат! Tts social ‘advantages are numerous, the tone
of society healthy and the morals of the community beyond
dispute,

ighth. The cost of rents and living is much less here than in
any of the larger cities of the count

In fact, no city in the Union offers so many advantages to the
small or jarge manufacturer as does Terre Наше at the present
day. The busines men who control the capital have been
trained to other pursuits, and have made their money there, and
many of them may not now be fitted for a changè, hence the
opening must be filled principally by incoming capitalists and
manufacturers, who will find local capitalists ready to join hands
with skillful and enterprising managers. The introduction of
new manufacturing enterprises will inerease the opportunities of
the retail merchant to establish successful mercantile enterprises,
and the general growth and development of the city will be stim-
ulated. The question is frequently asked, what ean be manufac-
tured in Terre Haute to the best advantage? The simplest
answer, and an absolutely true one, is, everything. А good idea of
what can be done may be obtained Ъу а glance at the prosperous
and flourishing branches of manufacturing business now carried
оп here. They include aerated beverages, architectural ironwork,
artificial limbs, awnings, tents and flags, blank books, boots and
shoes, boxes, bins goods, brushes, biscuits, crackers and bread,
baking powder, baskets, beds, bed-springs, beer, boilers, bricks,

brooms, bed-lounges, confectionery, cars and ear-wheels, carriages,
cigars, clothing, coffee and spice mills, corn products, cornmeal,
canned vegetables and fruits, cider, cooperage, cigar-boxes, coffins
and caskets, drain tile, distilled spirits, doors, sash and blinds,
edge tools, electrical motors and dynamos, electro-plating, electric-
light plants, elevators, engines, foundry work, flour, feed and
meal, furniture, gasoline stoves, galvanized ironwork, grits, gro-
cers’ ‘supplies, harness and saddles, heading, hollow-ware, hom-
iny, hoops, horse-collars, ice (artificial), iron (merchant, bar and
pig), ironwork of all descriptions, jewelry, lamps, lumber prod-
ucts, malt, marble monuments, mattresses, machinery modelsand
patterns, mouldings, medicines, musical novelties, nickel plating,
oil producers, overalls, pants and shirts, paper boxes, patterns,
pharmaceutical, preparations, pork products, pottery and stono:
ware, pumps, piano eases, picture frames, rectified liquors, rubber
stamps, roofing materials, sash, doors and blinds, scales, sheet-
iron work, shirts, shoes, shovels and spades, society goods, staves
and heading, spirits, stoves, straw stone work, tents, trunks,
tile mills, tinware,’ tools, forks, wagons, wine, wheels, woolen
goods, wrenches, ete.

‘The most important of the manufacturing establishments of
the city are the flour and corn goods mills, the ear works, the dis-
tillery, the wheel works, the fork and tool works, the machinery
and boiler works, the overall factories, the rolling mills, the blast
furnace, the stave and heading mills, and the carriage’ factories.

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Тһе Тепе Haute Distillery is the largest establishment in. the
world producing spirits from corn. Terre Haute is the sixth
flour producing city in the United States, and the flour mills of
Messrs. W. L. Kidder & Sons and Willard Kidder are turning out
about 2,000 barrels of flour daily, which finds a market all over
the world, and the same is true of the corn products of the Hud-
nut Milling Co., which is the father of the hominy trade of the
country. The mining machinery of the Eagle Iron Works is
shipped to Mexico and South America as well as to all parts of

WILLARD KIDDER’S RESIDENCE.

our own country, and the pants, overalls and workingmen’s cloth-
ing manufactured by Zimmerman & Stahl, the Pants Manufactur-
ing Company, the Ehrman Manufacturing Company and Samuel
Frank bear the highest reputation in the market, and are in de-
mand in all parts of the Union. The freight, stock and coal cai

of the Terre Haute Car Manufacturing Company are in active
service on railroads in every direction, and have no superiors any-
where. Bar iron and pig iron are manufactured by two rolling
mills and one blast furnace, and every description of vehicle, from
the lightest trotting buggy to the most stately coach, is turned
out in the several carriage factories. The manufactu
ties and patented articles by George Burt & Co. is rapidly grow
ing to be a widely known enterprise, and the piano-case factor

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now, rapidly approaching completion promises to become, а
marked feature of the industrial progress of Terre Haute. In the
several great establishments above noted employment is given to
about three thousand male and female assistants. Of the other
industries named, each is represented by from one to а half-
dozen different concerns, and all are in a prosperous condition,
with uniformly inereasing trade and out-put.

Commercial.

The wholesale trade of Terre Наше has long been one of its
most important features and it has kept pace with the general

owth and prosperity of the city. АП goods are procured direct
from manufacturers, both at home and abroad, and not only do
our merchants compete successfully with neighboring cities, but
they have held the territory against the encroachments of all.
In a general way it may be said of the wholesale and jobbing
trade of the city that it now occupies all the territory to which it
is rightfully entitled, and, in addition to this, it has very consid-
erably extended into the territory of other cities, noiably St.
Louis and Chicago. The trade now is in the most satisfactory
condition, and while it has had a steady growth for many years,
the increase in the past five years has been particularly gratify-
ing. In groceries the great wholesale houses of Bement, Rea &
Со. and Hulman & Co., transact a business that is not exceeded
by any other similar houses in this State or Ilinois, not even in
windy Chicago., The notion trade is well represented by Braman,
Berry & Со. and Robinson, Zimmerman & Со, and Hoberg, Root
& Co. are extensive jobbers of dry goods as well as retailers. The
Terre Haute Shoe Company. though recently inaugurated are in
control of a large and growing trade, and Joseph Strong & Co. in
coffees and spices, 8. С. Barker in wines and liquors, Н. М. Rich-
rdeon € Со in china and glassware, and others in various lines
are each transacting large and growing operations. An equally
rofitable field is open for the establishment of wholesale clothing,
at and far, and millinery houses as well as for other specialties

In the retail department of commerce no other city in the West
is better supplied with facilities for obtaining goods of all kinds
at reasonable prices. Те modern dry and fancy goods
emporiums of Hoberg, Root & Co. and А. Herz have no superiors
anywhere either in the high character of their stocks or in the
variety and quantity of goods displayed. In ready-made cloth-
ing equal enterprise is shown, and fine art goods, jewelry and
ther luxurious productions fnd a ready market here, and the >
musical merchandise stores give evidence by their extent and
prosperity of the artistic tastes of the people.

Real Estate.

The pricewf land in this city is very low compared with that
of апу city of the same size. Just outside the city limits the
undivided land is the most desirable, at the price, for market-
gardeners and small-fruit raisers. It is not surpassed in fertility

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and ease of tillage, sells at $150 to $300 an acre, and will be inside
the corporation in a few years. The slow advance in real estate
might be called a sign of slow growth, but it is not. About
twenty building and loan societies are putting their savings into
houses and lots, all established factories have increased their force
steadily, and new features have been added to the population,
making'a steady demand for more houses. Tt is not in the nature
of things that there should not be a material advance in Terre
Haute real estate before many years, The new-comer now, in ad-
dition to cheep fuel, railroad facilities, and a good country, has
the option of land too low to fall and too desirable to advance.
With all the rapid growth of the city, large blocks of lots,
beautiful residence sites and convenient areas for factories along
the various railroads, are just coming into the market as certain

estates are being divided and long-held plats are subdivided ; the
sudden spring of the city in some directions brings lands into the
center of business that were cow-pastures ten years ago, so that
within a mile from the city’s busiest point, sections can be bought
оп some railroad, in five to twenty acre blocks, at very low rates.

‘The investor who buys cheap land here in а healthy city with
cheap and abundant markets, has his choice of the cheapest and
best materials. Brick are about $6 per M., for superior qualities.
Pine lumber by the car is selling at 815 per М. The best build-
ing stone in the country, oolitic limestone, is delivered from
near-by quarries in the rough or dressed.

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\DUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

Transportation.

Terre Haute is well endowed with facilities for transportation,
and but few, if any, inland cities have better shipping facilities.
There are really nine separate lines of railroad radiating from
Terre Haute by means of which her produets can be shipped to
all parts of the world. The railroads centering here are:

ће Terre Haute & Indianapolis,

‘The Terre Haute & Alton,

‘The Indianapolis « St. Louis,

‘The St. Louis, Vandalia & Terre Haute,

‘The Terre Haute & Logansport,

The Evansville & Terre Hau

The Chicago & Eastern Illinois,

The Evansville & Indianapolis,

‘The Terre Haute & Peori

THE V

SDALIA SYSTEM.

Indianapolis, that many spoked hub of a great railroad wheel, to
‘Terre Haute takes up the main traffic of the Pennsylvania and
with its extension, the St. Louis, Vandalia & Terre Haute, bridges
the gap to St. Louis. Tt offers outlets to the South towards either
Cincinnati, Louisville, Cairo or St. Louis, in addition to its direct-
ness ав ап East ог West route. Tts further extension, Ше Terre
Haute & Logansport, which really ought to be the Terre Haute &
St. Joseph, since its ‘northern terminus is St. Joseph, Mich., is a
remarkably successful feeder of Terre Haute interests. Це terri-
tory is one of the safest and most liberal fields open to the city
trade; it is the granary which feeds to our mills their most im-
portant wheat supply, and it issomewhat of а competitor to hold
in check rates to the North and all points in Michigan and further
East. Tt also taps some coal fields to Keep up our fuel supply.
Enough miles in switches and side-tracks penetrate the coal fields
along the Vandalia to make a respectable main line, while the
coal hauled would set up a small railroad in business. It will
be well to mention, in connection with the roads reviewed, that
each road is another reason why coal at Terre Haute is from forty
cents a ton upwards.

The Vandalia switches interlace the block coal fields, gathering
an immense business—a short haul of about sixteen miles deli:
ers the incomparable fuel at Terre Наше; yet the Van is but one
of eight roads which can haul in coal. Тһе focusing of the Van-
dalia interests at this point is a very important element in the
city’s local business. The distribution of its monthly pay roll
and purchase of supplies making a very large business--not very
often disturbed as this road is as uniformly busy as any in the
United States.

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‘THE INDIANAPOLIS & ST. LOUIS, AND THE TERRE HAUTE & ALTON

Provide the competing lines to Indianapolis with its great
railroad system, and to St. Louis, usually following a parallel
course to the Vandalia, but diverging enough to secure a fine field
for the Terre Haute jobber and manufacturer.

Like the Vandalia these routes intersect the Illinois
offering a direct route south to New Orleans, or to nort
‘They cross the L., N. А. & C., making

‘They ате an important link of the great Bee Line. With this
and the Vandalia, Terre Haute is on the two grand trunk lines,
the Pennsylvania and the Bee Line, or Big 4.

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PUBLIC SCHOOL NO 1.

‘THE CHICAGO & EASTERN ILLINOIS
is a direct line to Chicago, over which thousands of coal cars from
our coal fields pass monthly. It and the St. Joseph extension of
the Vandalia give the Terre Haute manufacturers access to the
iron ore and lumber of Michigan. Although the С. & Е. I. goes
north from this city it is a competing line for Eastern shipments,
and adds to the competing lines the roads out of Chicago. Fur
ther, it is a lively competitor for west-bound business by its

20 THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

connections with the Wabash and the important reads from Chi-
cago. Tt also opens another new coal field to this city.

тик к

which, with the С. & E. L, is the shortest route from Chicago to
Ohio and the Southern States, via the Louisville & Nashville, and
is a direct line to Louisville, Ky., over the system of the Louis-
ville, Evansville & St. Louis Consolidated В. В. Co., which is
owned by the Е. & T. Н. R. В. Its intersection with the О. &
at Vincennes, a few miles below Terre Haute, gives another east
and west road to this railroad town. Tts junction with the I. &
1. S. R. К. at Sullivan, Ind., opens up а large trade to Terre
Haute merchants, as well ав а large coal trade from mines on its
route. Tt is another line to deliver iron and lumber from Georgia,
‘Alabama, etc., to our manufacturers, and provide exit for the
hominy, flour, ete, which we ship all over the South, as far as
Texas and Florida. Five roads, at least, bid for the Southern
shipments.

\SSVILLE & TERRE HAUTE,

THE TERRE HAUTE & PEORIA,
which is coming to the front as an important road, by its conec-
tion with the routes radiating from Peoria, will be of value to
long-distance shippers, who here strike the C., В. & Q., Rock
Island, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, Chicago & Alton,
THE EVANSVILLE & INDIANAPOLIS

is the second route between Terre Haute and the Ohio. Its chief
value to Terre Haute is as а coal road and the outlet of а good
territory for trade.

Financi:

Terre Haute’s banking business is perhaps the strongest sup-
port of the manufacturing and mercantile interests of the city,
and working in alliance with these interests in all their legitimate
phases, each appreciably influences and partakes of the tone and
methods of the others. Hence, the banks of the city, like her busi-
ness enterprises, are noted for their sound, energetie, yet conserv-
ative management, command the entire confidence of business
men and capitalists and hold а high rank among the financial in-

‘tutions of the State. There are three national banks, two
private banks and one savings bank in the city

Building and Loan Associations.

Owing to the aid afforded by upwards of thirty-five building
and loan associations in Terre Haute, large numbers of neat
homes have been erected in the suburbs of the city, which are
fast being paid for by the borrowers, and the habits of saving and
frugal living thus inculeated will continue to bear good fruit in
the future of this growing metropolis.

Climatic and Sanitary.

No consideration is more escential to the continued prosperity

and happiness of a community than health. Terre Haute has

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE. 21

the lowest death rate of any city of its size in the United States,
‘The natural features of soil, climate and topography are condu-
cive to health, and the climate is mild and salubrious, the mer-
епгу seldom rising above 85° or falling below 10° Fhr. It is not
хо cold as Chicago, nor so hot as Evansville, on the Ohio. The
natural drainage of this high prairie has saved the tax-payers
pockets and preserved his health. With the introduction of
water works the necessary sewers followed to make perfect the
city’s sewage. А practical, well-built system of sewers drains the
principal parts of the city, to which will be annexed branch lines
when required. А city built on a high prairie, surrounded by
country equally level and clear, can claim immunity from the

TERRE HAUTE DISTILLERY.

miasma engendered by the decaying vegetation of woody and
marshy lands. Public improvements and regulations are con-
stantly lowering the mortality, while the population increases in
defiance of the ordinary rule of nature. Typhoid fever, one of
the direst enemies of large cities, is practically unknown here,
and with а population of 45,000 the present death rate is but
about eight to the thousand.

Stone and Brick.
The stone region reached by rail from Terre Haute shows inex-
haustible beds of the finest stone, for man

22 THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

at Indianapolis, the State House, the Louisville Custom House,
New Orleans Cotton Exchange, Mutual Insurance building and
Vanderbilt mansion in New York, and many other fine structures,
as far west as Denver. Oolitie stone, usually of a creamy shade,
growing whiter with time, is of great transverse strength and
elasticity and of tmusual purity, being 96 per cent, carbonate of
ime.
ying the coal deposits are great beds of fire clay and
з common as sand throughout the county. The
increasing demand for fireproof building materials, paving brick,
pottery, tiling and ornamental work in clay can nowhere be more
fully or profitably met than in the vicinity of Terre Haute.

Coal Supply.

Among the conditions which have united in promoting the
growth of the city is the cheapness of fuel for manufacturing pur-
Poses. No city in the country has been able to obtain its fuel at
rates as low as in Terre Haute. Good steam coal is laid down
at the furnace door of the Terre Haute manufacturer at 50 cents
per ton in car load lots. Recent developments in boring for oil
аз shown that Terre Haute is built over coal veins of excellent
quality and at а depth from the surface of only 160 feet. Тһе
proximity, however, of mines already opened has rendered it un-
hecessary to develop the underlying strata of the city. On each
of the nine railroads entering the city are coal mines at short
intervals, one to twenty miles distant, producing coal suitable
for every purpose and delivered in Terre Haute at a lower price
than сап be named by any other city in the United States. The
peculiar feature of the Indiana coal supply is the celebrated block
Coal, unequaled by any other for fuel or metallurgie processes.
The block coal field, the second richest in the United States lies
east and south-east of this city fifteen miles distant and reached
by three lines of railroad.

Block, ог “Splint.” coal is so called from the facility with
which it can be handied in blocks or cubes of any size desired.
Те is remarkably free from sulphur and phosphorous, very rich
in carbon and especially adapted to the manufacture of Bessemer
steel, for refining and for rolling mill and locomotive use. It
burns free without coking—buming with a steady flame, it
spreads evenly over surfaces exposed to it, securing uniform ex-

insion of boiler-plates and the least risk from leaks. This and
dts freedom from sulphur add to the saving in the price of fuel by
the increased durability of boilers, grates, fire-boxes, furnaces, ete.
block coal does not “slack” like other bituminous coals but can
be stocked for years without crumbling. А large block of it has
stood on a sidewalk in Terre Наше for ten years with no appre-
ciable change. While Block is the best coal in the country for
working iron and steel, there is also an unlimited supply of semi-
block and other grades.

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Hard-Woods.

‘Terre Haute is the center of an almost inexhaustible supply of
hard-wood timber, oak, ash, hickory and other valuable woods,
which makes this city а most favorable point for the manufacture
of agricultural implements and machinery ns, cooperage,
furniture and other products, of which wood is the most import-
ant part.

ой Wells.

Terre Haute has three producing oil wells located within a
short distance of the business center of the city and within view of
‘the Union depot, the combined production being about 200 barrels
daily. The wells are all flowing wells and from their inception
have been steady producers. Oil has been known to exist in sub-
terranean Terre Haute for a number of years, but it was not un-
til recently that any organized effort was made to develop the
field. The first well put down reached a paying find at about
1,620 feet and immediately thearafter some fifteen other wells
were bored, in various sections of the city, only one of which,
however, was a paying producer. Thelatest well, known as Guar-
anty No. 3, was completed in May of the present year and is a
promising опе. Two new wells are soon to be started. While it
is not as yet fully established that the oil producing rock under-
ез the whole of Terre Haute, still sufficient has been already
iscovered as to give every promise of the fature development of
а valuable source of wealth to this community.

Stock Raising.

Terre Haute is the center of an extensive and valuable stock-
raising interest, The city is the home of the wonderful stallion,
Axtell, which has a three-year-old record of 2:12, and was pur-
chased by the present owners at the fabulous price of $105,000.
Numerous farms devoted to raising light harness horses and fane:
cattle are located within short distances of the city, and it is esti
mated that the value of the animals on these farms is not less
‘than $2,000,000. In fact, the city is now recognized by horsemen
as being second only to one other in America as a breeding place
for fine trotting homes. "Тре chief stock farms are Mr. W. P.
Таш, Warren Park, a farm of 1200 acres; Mr. W. К. MeKeens',
Edgewood; Ex-Seeretary of the Navy R. W. Thompson’s Spring
Hill farm, and Mr. Samuel MeKeen’s farm, besides which there
аге several others of note. Хо other locality in the country offers
greater facilities or advantages to the breeder of fine horses and
cattle than does Vigo County, and there is no reason why Terre
‘Haute should not in the future become the Mecca toward which
all horse buyers should wend their way.

Artesian Mineral Springs.

‘Terre Haute is becoming widely known as а resort for invalids,
who come here in large and annually increasing mumbers to test
the virtues of her artesian mineral springs, partake of the waters
and bathe in them. These waters are claimed to effect remark-

a THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

able cures in шапу classes of diseases, and luxurious and well-
built bath houses have been erected for the accommodation of
the public. The water is procured from wells at a depth of 2,000
feet from the surface. It is of a similar character to that of the
famous Hot Springs of Arkansas, and more potent in its efficacy.
Tt reaches the surface at a temperature of about 85° Fhr., and its
use is highly commended by the medical profession. It has accom-
lished many cures of rheumatism, serofutous and other diseases,
and the springs give promise to become of national reputation.

Vigo County Fair Ground:

‘The grounds used for these purposes comprise about sixty acres
of grove and lawn on ће Vandalia railroad at its entrance to the
city from the east, of convenient access by either steam or horse
cars. Fully equipped with substantial and commodious horse
and cattle barns, with two tracks, a one mile and one-half mile
track, reputed to be the best in the United States, with large and
convenient halls. ‘The assemblages of people and the agricultural,
mechanical and stock displays combine to make the annual fair
notable.

‘The grounds are also the scene of the spring and fall meetings
of the Тепе Haute Trotting Association, which two occasions
draw together great crowds of people from this and neighboring
sites, and are of considerable importance from a business point
of view,

‘The Vigo fairs, which draw from quite a large portion of the
Wabash Valley, show an exhibit of about 00) entries con-
tributed by about 500 exhibitors, and as adjoining counties are
fertile and wealthy, the visitor has an opportunity of seeing that
Тете Haute is the center of a fine field, whether considered for
its agricultural or live stock resources or as a market in which to
sell goods.

Educational.

Tt may be taken for granted that a city of enterprise and intel-
ligence, such as Terre Haute, has considered matters of education
of primary importance. No expense has been spared in perfect
ing and developing completely a system of schools; and not
content with this, several scholastic institutions of high rank
have found here adequate support and management. Schools of
the best order, freely accessible to the poorest child in the city,
are in daily operation. Every child so far belongs to the State as
to be entitled to a free education at the expense of the State.
Ignorance is more costly than schools, and по investment can be
зо uniformly productive of good returns to the State as that de-
voted to the culture of those who themselves аге soon to be the
State. Hence, the doors of the public schools are thrown wide
gpen,and the children are welcome without money or price, not
from the parlors of the rich only, but also from the highways and
ditches. In the matter of schools, the city has certainly little to
ask for, and its citizens point with pardonable pride to its State
Normal School, one of the most suecessful institutions of its kind

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE, 25

in the country; to the Polytechnic Institute, which has acquired
an enviable reputation throughout the United States as one of the
foremost technological schools at home or abroad; to its Coates
College, which ranks high as a female college; and last, but not
least, to its splendid system of publie schools, with its High-school,
which is unsurpassed in the State in respect either of the elegance

TERRE HAUTE HIGH SCHOOL.

of the building or the completeness of its appointments and faci
ties for teaching in the higher branches of a common school edu-
cation.

‘THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.

The State Normal School is one of the State's institutions of
higher education. The sole function of the Normal school is to
prepare teachers for the common schools of Indiana. Tt is a pro-
fessional school. Its central idea is to confer that knowledge
which constitutes the science of education, and to train students
in the art of instruction and school management. То effect this
object it has a large corps of instructors, a system of training
schools, laboratories, a library of fair size and a large, well-ar-
ranged, substantial building. It has two regular courses of study
of three and four years length respectively, besides shorter courses
for graduates of High-schools and colleges. The diploma of the
institution is, by law of the State, a life license to teach in Indi-
ana.

26 THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

ROSE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE.

‘The Rose Polytechnic Institute was founded and endowed by
the late Mr. Chauncey Rose, wealthy philanthropist of Terre
Наше. И was incorporated in 1874, and, the academic buildin
was erected within a few years from that date, Tt was notopened
for the reception of students, however, until the year 1883, pre-
vious to which time two additional buildings had been erected.
The institute is a school of engineering, with courses of study їп
mechanical engineering, civil engineering, and electrical
neering, together with a special course in technical chemistr
possesses extensive laboratories, shops, ete., and is equipped with
the most modern instrumental appliances for practical instruc-
tion. In extent and expense of equipment Ме school-shops pro-
bably exceed those of any other technical school in the country?
about $50,000 having been expended in furnishing them. The
department of mechanical engineering is well provided with test-
ing machines, dynamometers, and other useful appliances, while
that of electrical engineering possesses a unique collection of the
most recent instruments for precise measurement, together with
dynamos, motors, secondary batteries, ete. The equipment of
other departments is equally, complete, and the faculty is com-
posed of specialists in the various sciences relating to the profes-
sion of engineering.

The number of students admitted to the freshman clase is
limited, and for the last three years the number of applicants has
been considerably in excess of the limit fixed. By establishing a
limit the classes are not allowed to exceed in number that which
is compatible with the best and most satisfactory instruction.

The results of the operation of the school during the first few
years of its existence have been exceedingly satisfactory. Ив
graduates are in demand as soon as their course of, study is com-
pleted, and in the later classes they have generally secured good

itions before their diplomas were received. They are to be

Pound in the service of come of the leading railroads, manufac-

turing establishments, electric light and power companies, ete., in

the country, both east and west. Between twenty and thirty

States are represented in the present catalogue of Students, and

the school is rapidly growing in favor in all parts of the country.
COATES COLLEGE.

In March, 1885, Mrs. Jane P. Coates, of Greencastle, Ind., made
a gift of $11,500 to buy the property known as the Duy residence,
in which to establish a college for the higher education of young
women. Тће college was duly incorporated by the election of а
board of trustees, who executed articles of association under the
State law, March 16th, 1885, the property was purehased and соп-
veyed to the corporation, and the school was opened in Septem-
ber, 1857.

Young ladies desiring to study a college course, or the special-
ties, music, art, painting, drawing, etc., ог the German, French,
or Italian language, will find the school well equipped, ‘and that

Twill be much less than by going to schools in distant

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE. 27

ST. MARY'S ACADEMIC INSTITUTE,

Thisinstitute, established
for the higher education of
young ladies, is the oldest
and one of the most pros-

rous schools of the kind
in the West. It was found-
ed in 1840 by the Sisters of
Providence, originally from
France, and is the parent
= institution of the order in
the United States, other subordinate schools being established in
various localities throughout the states. The institute was in-
comporated in 1846, and has steadily maintained its prestige as
опе of the best among the many prominent Catholic schools of
this country.

‘The institute is about four miles west of Terre Haute on the
Indianapolis & St. Louis railroad. The site is admirably adapted
to the purpose, the location being healthy and pleasant, the
grounds ample, retired and diversified with native forest trees,
evergreens, flowers (conservatory), lake and inviting wall
senting every inducement to beautiful and enjoyable physi
ercises without danger of intrusion.

‘The building, which is а commodious and imposing structure,
is furnished with every accommodation necessary and desirable
for the health, comfort and convenience of the pupils. A new
and handsome chapel, apart from the main building, is in course
of erection and nearly completed.

PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARY.

А statute law of the State authorizes the levy of 3 cents on $100
for library purposes in connection with the publie schools. The
trustees, availing themselves of the provisions of this law, have
assessed from year to year a tax of 52 cents on $100, from which
an annual revenue of nearly $3,000 is derived. The library built
up and maintained from this fund occupies pleasant, well-arranged
and commodious rooms on the principal thoroughfare of the city,
and is ably superintended by a competent and experienced libra-
rian and assistant. The trustees derive valuable and indispensa-
ble assistance in the selection of appropriate books from an ad-
visory committee chosen with special reference to their qualifi-
cations for this important work. The school superintendent is
«г oficio а member of this committee. In addition to the books
purehased, a large number of rare and valuable works have from
time to time been donated by citizens. Associated with the
library is a pleasant, well lighted, handsomely furnished reading
room, amply supplied with the best newspapers and periodicals of
the day, affording attractive and popular reading for the multi
tudes who frequent the room from day to day

28 THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE,

The Public Institutions

of Terre Haute are of great importance and usefulness, presentin

very substantial evidences of the city’s accumulating wealth and
of its eminently thorough and practical character. Among them
are the Rose Polytechnic Institute, the Rose Orphan Home, the
Rose Dispensary, the Rose Ladies’ Aid Fund, St. Anthony
Hospital, St. Апп? Orphan Asylum, the State Normal Scho
the Public Library, ete.

А perpetual memorial to the late Chauncey Rose is a group of
four noble benefactions which will in some way benefit every
taxpayer and citizen of Terre Haute. Мг. Rose, the possessor of
many millions, was governed by the belief that “what one saves
is what he gives away,” since during his life he gave away a large
part of his fortune for great charities and useful institutions in
this city and state in addition to $100,000 given in New York.
The investment in and for the four objects named above is
$1,000,000, much of it bestowed during Mr. Rose's life.

THE ROSE ORPHAN HOME.

‘The home includes a large and elegant building used for hos-
pital purposes, kitchen, dining, store and sewing rooms, bakery,
office, library, and sleeping rooms for employés; three handsome
briek cottages used as homes for the children; a school house,
chapel, an engine house and laundry, and various other houses
all of brick roofed with slate, and supplied with steam, water,

sete.

S'ke plan of the work is based upon the cottage system, in
which small numbers of children are grouped in home-like circles,
each with its own matron. Те accommodations are for about
100 children. Children between the ages of three and twelve
years are admitted, and cannot be retained after they are sixteen
Years old. Children are placed out as fast as good homes сап be
found for them. While in the home they are taught to work,
and are sent to school about five hours each day, good teachers
and the most approved school books and apparatus being pro-
vided. The grounds are beautifully laid out and handsomely
ornamented with shade trees, flowers, graveled walks, drives,
fountains, ete.

‘THE ROSE DISPENSARY

has a fund of $100,000, and fulfills a very beneficent work in the
care and relief of the poor and sick.
THE LADIES’ AID SOCIETY FUND,

A very meritorious relief society had for many years carried on
acharitable work in this city relying upon voluntary contributions
for its funds. Some years before his death, Mr. Rose transferred
to the Ladies’ Aid Society mortgage securities worth $90,000, the
annual interest of whieh is expended by the society in its benefi-
cent work for the relief and assistance of the poor and sick, the
widow and orphan.

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE. 29

эт. АХКЗ ORPHAN ASYLUM
was originally built for a hospital at a cost of nearly $200,000,
and now sheliers 150 orphan children from various parts of this
Catholic diocese, which supports the asylum,

ST. ANTHONY'S HOSPITAL.

This is one of the most notable and praiseworthy of the many
charitable institutions of Terre Haute, and ranks as one of the
best, if not the very best, equipped private establishments of the
kind in the State.

‘The Sisters of the benevolent order of St. Francis established,
under the patronage of the late Mrs. Hulman and others, a hos-

ital of limited capacity, but of great and growing usefulness.

о extend and permanently establish the merciful work, Mr.
Herman Hulman bought and transferred to the Franciscan Sisters
the beautiful property known as St. Agnes Female College, includ-
ing a large, convenient building and spacious grounds in the most
eligible quarter of the city. Extensive additions were made to
the original building, which was remodeled throughout, and the
grounds beautified and made attractive by every device of exter-
nal adornment that ministers to health and pleasure.

‘The hospital is managed by Sisters of St. Francis, seventeen in
all, a number of whom were sent from Europe for this special
work. The untiring and unselfish devotion of these Sisters to the
tare of the sick and unfortunate ie proverbial, and to the ware.
served dedication of their lives to this notable work of charity in
our midst is due largely the hospital's constantly enlarging field
of usefulness. Та this work they are ably and effectually assisted
by the physicians of the city, who cheerfully and gratuitously
contribute their services in aid of the hospital

The hospital is open to all without distinction ; all sects, condi-
tions and nationalities sharing alike its benefactions.

The Pres:

The press of Terre Haute is fully up to the highest grade of
modern newspaper enterprise, and in all the departments of
newsgathering and of thoughtful discussion, the papers of the
city are true representations of its progress and its advancement.
It has exerted a powerful influence in promoting the material
prosperity of the city, and in contributing to the results which
have culminated in ће Terre Haute of to-day. The leading
daily and weekly papers of Terrre Haute are

THE ExPRESS,
which is the most prominent Republican newspaper in the State,
outside of Indianapolis, and the oldest in the city, having been
established in 1823. Tt is issued daily and weekly, and is ac-
knowledged to be an excellent medium of advertising, its cireu-
lation being largely a subseription one, besides which its is widely
sold on all incoming and outgoing trains, and is to be found in
the hands of all newsdealers in this and the adjoining counties.
This journal has always been found staunch in its support of all
measitres calculated to benefit Terre Haute, and its tone has

30 THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUT)

зз been highly moral and elevated. Its С. О. D. paragraphs
idely copied by all the principal newspapers of the country,
and have given its “fanny man

that of the Detroit Free Prese man.

THE GAZETTE

is an evening daily and weekly paper. It is democratie in pol-
ities, and one of the ablest champions of that ancient faith in
Indiana. The Gazette is one of the most readable of newspapers,

W. в. McKEEN'S RESIDENCE.

with full telegraphic reports and articles of general interest, and
is intelligently edited. The use made of its columns for adver-
tising purposes, both by local and distant business men, giv
evidence of the highest estimate in which its circulation is held,
and its prosperity and influence are annually increasing.
THE NEWS,

published daily, every afternoon, is the youngest daily in the
city. It is independent in politics and outspoken on all public

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE, 31

THE JOURNAL
and weekly newspaper printed in the German
language, and is held in high repute by the public and adver-
tisers. Other periodicals are the

SATURDAY EVENING MAIL,
у, society, family and general newspaper, published

Prospects for the Future.
‘The location of Terre Haute is one which renders it impossible
for any combination of circumstances to arrest its growth either
ав а place of business or residence. Lying as it does at about
equal distances from Chicago, St. Louis, Louisville and Cincin-
nati, and occupying the center of which these cities are on the
cireumference, it is sure to become ап important feeder for these
overcrowded localities. The past of Тепе Haute having fur-
nished a record of continuous and sustained growth it is a fair
presumption that the future will present results of proportionate
advance on well accelerated expansion. This is an age of speed,
and the industries of the close of the Nineteenth Century are
surrounding themselves with forces and agencies as amazing in
their results as those of steam and electricity. Already the de-
velopments of electrical science have given us a revolution in
methods of obtaining motive power which bids fair to supplant
all others. In the utilization of all the resources which nature
has furnished or science unveiled, there is every reason to be-
lieve that Terre Haute will be fully abreast with the most pro-
gressive cities. It has no lack of men with business sagacity
equal to the improvement of every opportunity and it is safe to
predict that the historian of the industries of the future will be
able to point back to those of to-day as the auspicious beginnings
of a greater and а brighter destin;
‘The present of Terre Haute is magnificent and full of promise.
Tt is the handsomest, richest, busiest, most publie spirited and
most progressive city and community of equal extent and num-
bers between the two great oceans. Tts natural advantages were
never better supplemented by its acquired resources for the de-
velopment of its progress than they are to-day, and the opportu-
nities to obtain homes, occupation, happiness and prosperity lie
‘aiting open for all. Terre Haute is the home of intellectual
vigor and refinement, wealth, manufactures and commerce, with
а past full of interest, a present full of earnestness and а future
fall of brightness.’ Terre Haute presents а thousand attractions
to the student, the patriot, the statesman, the wage earner and
greatest of all to that most practical of all philanthropists, the en-
terprising capitalist seeking safe investments in real estate or the
establishment of productive industries. The time is not far dis-
tant when Terre Haute’s 45,000 enterprising inhabitants will have
become 100,000 and when of the United States it shall be, what
it now is of the great State of Indiana, its most attractive city.

Terre Haute.

Some of the Leading Industries and Principal
Mercantile Establishments, with Sketches
of their Foundation, Progress and History,
and Notes on the Character and Extent of
their Operations.

McKEEN & CO., BANKERS,
530 Wabash Ave., Corner Sixth Street.

Among the financial institutions of Terre Hante, none is more
strongly intrenched in the confidence of the people than the
banking house of McKeen & Co, which, with a record of hon-
orable history extending back for nearly forty now de-
servedly ranks as опе of the most solid and substantial banking
enterprises of the State. MeKeen’s Bank, as it is familiarly
known to the public, was established in 1853 Бу Mr. W. К. Ме.
Keen, who was later joined by others, and it was successively con-
ducted under the styles of McKeen « Tousy, McKeen & Dem
ing, McKeen «с Minshall and McKeen & Co., the present const
tution of the firm being Messrs. W. R., Samuel and Fran
McKeen. Хо change, however, has ever been made in the busi-
hess policy of the bank nor in the reliable character of its mai
agement, which has long been so well-known and highly regarded
that the expression “as sound as McKeen’s bank” has become a
familiar household word in Terre Haute. The offices of the bank
are centrally located on the ground floor of the handsome modern
building, which, surmounted by a statue of Mercury, is one of
the most attractive business edifices in the city. The jnterior is
tastefully and conveniently fitted up, affording every facility for
the successful prosecution of the business. А general banking
business is transacted, the bank receiving deposits, loaning mon
оп acceptable commercial paper and securities, issuing exchange,
making collections, and attending to all the usual details of
legitimate banking. The bank numbers among its correspond-
ents the most substantial banks of the leading cities and has every
facility for the transaction of its business. The members of the
firm are gentlemen of the highest character and standing and
among the most substantial and public spirited citizens of Terre
Haute, largely interested in. many of its most important industrial
enterprises and owners of real estate both in the business centers
and suburbs of the city. Mr. W. R. McKeen is also President
and General Manager of the St. Louis, Vandalia, Terre Haute &
Indianapolis Railroad. MeKeen’s bank has earned the high
position it now occupies by a steady adherence to the truest prin-
ciples of financial integrity throughout the long period covered
by its history of honor and usefulness.

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BEMENT, REA & CO.,
Wholesale Crocers, 526 and 528 Wabash Ave.

A striking example of progress and of what may be accom-
plished by energy, experience and fair dealing, is afforded in an
account of the house of Messrs. Bement, Rea & Co., which has be-
come a land-mark in the wholesale grocery trade of Indiana. Estab-
lished in 1838 by Bement & Co., for over half a century it has been
а prime factor їп the commercial development of this city, and
each year has witnessed an increase in its operations and ап aug-
‘mentation of its capital and facilities, until its annual trade now
rivals that of any other house їп the State, and its stock is the
heaviest in its line. Originally the firm's headquarters were
located on Wabash avenue, opposite the Court House, but with
the growth of the city, three removals were made necessary, the
last in 1889, to the present commodious building erected in that
year, which is the largest, most imposing and most elegant
Structure in the city occupied by any single commercial enter-

rise. The building is a fourstory and basement structure,

X 130 feet in dimensions, and is equipped with every appliance
and modern convenience for the economical and successful prose-
cution of the trade. The general offices and samples room occupy
the entire front on the first floor, and are attractively and hand-
somely appointed and finished in oak, with movable show cases
and plate-glass windows, the whole forming a fitting home for so
large and time-honored an institution. About twenty assistants,
clerks, porters, salesinen and others, are employed, and in every
respect the affairs of the establishment are directed by а combina-
tion of enterprise and integrity which, while it acquires for itself
the just profits that its capital and industry merit, also reflects
credit on the entire trade of the city, and conduces to the general
welfare in no ordinary degree. Devoted from its origin, to the
wholesale and jobbing trade, it has, during its long and honorable
career, watched the advancement of its patrons’ interests, inform-
ing its trade of the complexion and character of every fluctuation
of the market so soon as possible, thereby extending to mer-
chants the full benefit of its experience аһа extensive connec-
tions, in view of which and for every other reason that may
characterize the best and largest commercial enterprise, the house
of Bement, Rea & Co. may justly lay claim to be classed among
the most enterprising and prominent wholesale grocery houses in
the West. Concerning the character and extent of the stock
handled, it may be said, that it is of the best quality in the mar-
ket, and sufficient in quantity to supply the demands of an
almost unlimited trade. It includes all kinds of staple and fancy

series, teas, coffees, spices, tobacco and cigars and, grocers’ sun-
ies, salt, sugars. In all lines of goods the house is headquarters,
and bottom prices are invariably maintained. The trade of the
house is confined chiefly to western and southern Indiana and
eastern Ilinois, and is annually increasing in volume. The
present firm, composed of Messrs. Geo. W. Bement and Wm. 8.
еа, was formed in 1877, after several changes in the personnel

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from that of the founders, the members, however, having both
been connected with the business for many years previously
For fifty-two years identified with the commerce, prosperity and
growth of Terre Haute, maintaining through all that period an
untarnished reputation, the of Messrs. Bement, Rea & Co.
upon the consideration of the trade are second to none of their
compeers, while the commanding position the house occupies in
the trade, enables it to accord buyers alll the advantages that
result from а clever combination of industry, experience, skill
and capital.

Н. 8. RICHARDSON & CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in China, Class,
Queensware, Lamps. etc., 307 Wabash Ave.
One of the most varied and
instructive branches of modern
commerce is that devoted to
China, Glass, Art Pottery, and
Lamps. This line is so far-
reaching that it includes any
and all goods used in furnish-
ing any well-appointed hou
hold, and it forms the link in
the chain of business industries
at connects the useful and
necessary with the beautiful
and luxurious. It appeals to
one’s better nature and appre
ciative taste in household adorn-
ments more than any other branch of commercial business known
to the writer, and no home is complete for comfort, pride or hap-
piness without recom influences.
Any establishmen n boast of a full line of these goods is
certain of public favor, and especially so with the ladi
them is usually left all matters of “table supplies,” “ ornaments
for the mantel piece,” ete., whether of the cheapest or most ex-
pensive kinds
Such an establishment is that of Н. 8. Richardson & Co., lo-
cated at 307 Wabash avenue, in the three-story and basement
building, 14025 feet, with elevator and annexed warehouse.
This firm began business in 1871 in asmall way. To-day their
trade extends over all adjacent territory to Terre Haute in both
Indiana and Mlinois, and it is safe to say that they enjoy the con-
fidence and patronage of the best business firms buying supplies
in Terre Haute. The bu conducted under the personal
npervision of Mr. Riel ind all orders received, whether
through traveling agents or by mail, come under his own obser-
ation, and no pains are spared to render complete satisfaction to
custome
In their stock may be found the product of almost every for-
eign country—English, French, Japanese, German and India

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china; Vienna and Carlsbadt, Royal Worcester and Rudolst
Doulton, Hungarian and Danish ; Palissy and Majolica
and Tokio; Cloisonne, ete. The variety is really too extensive
to enumerate.

For the benefit of the wholesale trade we say: They carry the
largest stock of China, б! nsware, Lamps, Chande-
liers, Tubular Lanterns, „ Fruit Jars, Jellies and
Stoneware in the city, and at prices lower than at an:
competing point. They pay especial attention to mail order

and answer all inquiries for quotations as promptly as possible.
То the retail trade we say: Their line of decorated dinner, tea
and chamber sets is kept аз complete as possible in all its various
shapes, designs and colors; also а full line of plated Knives, Fork
Spoons, Castors, ete.; Haviland & Co.'s White, Gold Band and
Decorated patterns in French China; also the largest and best
assortment of hotel and restaurant China and bar glassware of all
kinds in the city, and at the lowest possible prices always. They
respectfully solicit estimates from any and all who contemplate
“stocking up” or аге “ just going to housekeepin

54 THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

HUDNUT MILLING со.

Successors to The Hudnuts, Favorite City Mill
Manufacturers of White Corn Goods,
Office 400 North Third St.

Terre Haute has long enjoyed an enviable reputation as a lead-
ing source of supply for white corn products, and this has been
largely due to the extensive enterprise of the Hudnut Milling Co.,
which may be said to be the father of the hominy trade of America,
and is опе of the most extensive ав well as most enterprising
organizations of the kind in the country. This industry was
established in 1859 by Mr. Theodore Hudnut, who is the inventor
and patentee of the special machinery in use by the mills, the
processes in vogue with this company being peculiar to themselves,
and resulting in a product that is everywhere recognized as being
the best in the market. The present company was incorporates
in 1886, under the management of Messrs. Theodore Hudnut,
President, and В. G. Hudnut, Secretary and Treasurer; the busi-
ness having been previously operated fora number of years under

the titleof The Hudnuts. The facilities of the company embrace
in this city two mills and ап elevator, one of which is a frame
structure and the other brick; the elevator being an iron-clad
building. Besides these, are numerous store-houses for corn and
а handsome office building, the whole occupying about five acres
of ground, both plants being connected with the railroad system

of the city, affording unsurpassed facilities for the receipt and
Shipment of stock. Two other mills, one at Mt. Vernon, Ind.,
and one at Pekin, Ш., are also owned ‘and operated by the com-

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pany, and at the several mills about one hundred and fiity work-
men are employed ; the four mills using about 16,000 bushels of
corn daily, and the product being about 2,000 barrels of white corn
goods daily. А very important feature of the business is the
collection, handling and storage of the raw material, necessary to
keep the mills in operation. This is accomplished by the main-
tenance of grain offices and elevators at a large number of points
throughout this State and Illinois, where the corn is purchased
from the producers and is stored and shipped to the mills; twenty-
two such feeders being tributary to the Tere Haute mills others
serving the same offices for the Mt. Vernon and Pekin mills.
When it is known that as many as 17,000 bushels of corn have
been converted in one day by this company the importance of
having а reliable source of supply is apparent. The products
embrace Hominy, Grits, Clean Meal, Corn Flour, Pearl Meal, Corn
Meal, Hominy Feed and Maizone, the latter being prepared for
the use of brewers. АП the company’s goods are thoroughly kiln-
dried and warranted to keep in any climate, and the world is
their market, their goods being exported from the seaboard to
almost all countries on the globe; the larger part of the product,
however, being taken by the southern States, where the name of
“ Hudnut” on the package is а synonym for superior excellence
of contents. Sales are made to the jobbing trade only and in car-
Toad lots, the company being exclusively wholesale millers. The
growth of the business has been steady and uniform from the
Inception, and has been the result of a superior quality of product
and liberal and progressive management. The Messrs. Hudnut
are among the most enterprising and public spirited citizens of
Terre Наше and are closely identified with its commercial and
industrial advancement, and are always active in all matters
promising benefit to the city. The company is one of the most
powerful factors of the commercial activity of this section and the
Success and prosperity it has attained are ав well-merited as
prominent.

FREDERICK FREERS,
Merchant Tailor, 813 Wabash Ave.

‘The prominent succes of the merchant tailoring establishment
of Mr. Frederick Freers is the best evidence of the superior char-
acter of its productions. The skill of the tailor lies largely in his
ability to furnish his patrons with becoming garmenis. Mr.
Freers facilities embrace a commodious salesroom_and the em
ployment of a large force of skilled workmen, all of whose oper-
ations are closely superintended by the proprietor. The stock
shown embraces fine imported and domestic woolens, suitings and
fabries, which have been selected with great care and taste ac-
aquired by long acquaintance with the demands of а firstelass
trade and is worthy the inspection of the most fastidious. Mr.
Freers enjoys a large patronage among the best dressed gentlemen
of this city and vicinity, and the past success of his business is
the best evidence of the future usefulness of this house.

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

EXCHANCE ARTESIAN BATH HOUSE,
Opposite Union Depot.

In a most central location
of Terre Haute, opposite the
Union depot, on Маге 10, of
the present year, Mr. David
Bronson threw open the doors
to the public of one of the
most attractive and luxurious
bathing establishments that
сап be found in the Union,
the claims of which, however,
to public patronage do not
lie wholly in these attributes,
but as well in the remarkable curative effects produced by the use
of the artesian water with which the baths are supplied. ‘The
bath-house is a large two-story brick structure erected for the
purpose, and contains forty bathing rooms, | The interior is
finished in Georgia pine, and no expense has been spared to make
the establishment attractive, commodious and convenient. The
rooms are all high, well-ventilated, and supplied with indurated
fibre tubs, and besides the regular baths, several rooms have been
fitted up for vapor baths. In the basement of the building (Ве:
is the Turkish and Russian bath department, where these baths
can be had with all the Iuxuriousness that modem improved
methods have found desirable. Apartments have been provided
for ladies, equally capacious as those for gentlemen, and are un-
der the superintendence of Mrs. Bronson. Everything that
experience dictates for the pleasure or comfort of patrons has
been provided, including parlors and sitting-rooms for both ladies
and gentlemen. The water used in these baths is obtained from
а piped well over 1,800 feet in depth, and its flow is so strong as
to furnish an inexhaustible supply. It is drawn directly from
the well into the tubs, where it first sees the light, and is there-
fore in its absolute purity. Although so recently introduced to
the public, it has been practically demonstrated that it is а rad-
ical eure for chronic, inflammatory and muscular rheumatism,
eczema, salt rheum, serofula, and in fact any eruptions of theski
blood poisoning from any cause, paralysis, cancer, catarrh, dyspe}
sia and stomach troubles, when taken internally and used in con-
nection for bathing purposes. Many other diseases are also
greatly relieved by the use of this water. The most wonderful
cures in the shortest time have resulted from the use of these
baths, and the most delicate constitutions and children use them
with the most satisfactory results. No other bathing establish-
ment in the country offers so many inducements to the general
public. Terre Haute, with fine hotels, a salubrious and healthful
climate and first-class consulting physicians, far outstrips most
other locations of mineral springs for attractions to the afflicted,
and the result is that the Ex ian Bath House is rap-
idly attracting strangers to partake of this rejuvenating water.

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

‘The bath house is open every day in the year, and the prices for
baths are most reasonable. Not even the Hot Springs of Arkan-
sas are more invigorating and health-imparting, and in no single
instance has any sufferer failed to receive marked benefit from
the use of these baths, Inquiries with regard to the medicinal
value of this water will be promptly answered, and testimonials
of remarkable cures, many of long standing diseases, may be seen.
No purer, better or more effective mineral water can be found
anywhere, and the future of these baths gives abundant promise
of becoming among the most celebrated in the world.
PRICES OF BATHS.

Hot and cold Artesian наще. ++ 08 25
Vapor Batis = es fei bes ket owe 35
Turkish and Russian . 2S. 10

tities of on
house for

J. 9. BUTTON & CO.,
Central Book Store, 524 Wabash Ave.

‘The oldest and most prominent book store in Terre Haute,
engaged largely in the wholesale and retail trade, is that of Messrs.
J. Q. Button & Со. This house had its inception here in 1850,
and in 1871 it passed into the hands of its present proprietor.
‘The store is centrally located, comprising one large and commo-
dious floor, 25 x 150 feet in dimensions. Here may be found at all
times a general stock, embracing all the new books, from the
leading American and English publishers, and covering every
department of literature, history, seience, biography, poetry,
travel, fiction, theology, mechanics, agriculture, and in fact every
thing usually’ to be found in a first-class book and stationery store.
Other specialties of the house are school books, bibles,” prayer
books, hymnals, blank books and stationery, in whieh the stock
is the most complete of any in the city, and by reason of their
marked facilities for obtaining goods direct from manufacturers
and at lowest cash prices, the greatest possible inducements are
offered to the trade, In procuring the latest American publications,
this house ranks among the foremost. Here are sold tickets for re-
served seats, and diagram of Opera House may be seen at all
times, which is an accommodation often overlooked by the people
їп general. Mr. Judson Q. Button, the active manager of the
establishment, is a native of Vermont, and has been connected
with the book business in this city for over a quarter of а cen-
tury. Mr. Button has always conducted this enterprise with
energy and integrity, and the success and prosperity it has at-
tained are as well merited as they are prominent.

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

WILLARD KIDDER,
Manufacturer of Flour, Foot of Wabash Ave.

There is no department of production of more importance to
the welfare of the community than the manufacture of flour,
which is also one of the greatest of our nati . The
roller system of manufacturing flour has, within the last few
years, completely revolutionized milling, and placed this indus-
try on а new and more productive basis. Not only have the old
mills been refitted with the new system, but new mills have been
built, which in the excellence and completeness of their equip-
ments rival those of any other branch of production, and occupy
leading positions in the land. For a number of years milling
has been a prominent feature of the industrial development of
Terre Haute, and the Wabash Mills of Mr. Willard Kidder, turn-
ing out 800 barrels of superior flour daily, form a large factor of
the trade. The Wabash Mills were erected a number of years

ago, and were the first to introduce the roller system in this
‘nity, the change being made in 1881, since which time a
ditions have been made to the plant,’ greatly increasing its
capacity and the facilities for economically conducting the enter-
prise. “The mill is a large three-story and basement brick struc-
ture, having а side track entering on one side where wheat is un-
loaded direct into the mill with the aid of a steam shovel, and
flour is shipped without re-handling. The Patent flour is known
under ће brands of “High Grade,” “Pearl,” “Gold Mine,”
“Superlative,” ete: extra fancy

under “Pride of the Wabash,” “ tle Beauty ;”
clear grade under “Empress” and “Н. & O.” and low grade
under “King Bee,” “O. K,” ete. These flours are shipped chiefly
to Eastern and Southern markets, with а considerable export d
mand to Europe, and are everywhere held in the highest estima
tion by the trade and consumers for purity and regularity of

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quality and general excellence. Mr. Kidder is one of the most
prominent and publiespirited citizens of Terre Haute, personal
comments being unnecessary. He is a Director and Vice-President
of the Vigo County National Bank, and a member of the Busi-
ness Men’s Association for the advancement of the interests of
is closely identified with the industrial progress of
The Wabash Mills have every facility for at-
trating and holding a large trade, and give promise of long
retaining their important position in the milling industry of
indiana.

TERRE HAUTE PAPER BOX CO.,

W. R. Elliott, Prop., Manufacturer of Paper Boxes,
Sample Cases, etc., cor. Second and Ohio Sts.
As competition becomes more aggressive and manufactured

goods reach their highest development, the demand for elegant

packages in which to distribute them to the trade increases, to
supply which demand ingenious paper box-makers have made
vast improvements of late years in both the processes of manu-
facture and in the beauty of the styles and designs furnished.

The most recent addition to the manufacturing facilities of Terre

Haute, is the location here of the well-equipped paper box factory

of Mr. W. R. Elliott, who commenced operations May 1, 1890,

and has already virtually obtained control of the paper box trade

of Terre Haute. The house offers the local trade the advantages
of savings in freight on boxes from distant cities, the assurance of
receiving them in perfect condition, promptness Та filling or-
and avoiding the necessity of making orders for large quan-

ince requirements can be filled from week to week, while

ices are as low as сап be obtained elsewhere. In addition
to these facts, the proximity of the source of supply for the, raw
material, (it being obtained from the paper mill located within
four miles of the city) enables the house to offer inducements to
consumers of paper boxes not easily duplicated elsewhere. Mr.
Elliott manufactures all kinds of plain and fancy boxes, sample
boxes, mailing tubes, shelf boxes, ete., and many and other styles
and kinds for special purposes. Much of the out-put of his fac-
tory may be rightfully classed as artistic, and is particularly de-
sirable for manufacturers, since the beauty of design and har-
monious colorings of the boxes are frequently as much the
inducement to the purchaser as is their contents. Special atten-
tion is given to new designs, and estimates are promptly given
for any work in the line. Mr. Elliott removed to this city trom
Indianapolis, where he previously conducted the same business
He is an active and progressive business man and an experienced
manufacturer, and he enjoys a large and growing trade, extend-
ing throughout the State. Arguing from the past success of the
enterprise, a wider range and greater prosperity is assured for the
ature in this new field of operations by the coöperation of home
consumers, which we are pleased to say has been heartily and
freely extended by Terre Haute business men.

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Е. W. LEEDS.
Watches, Jewelry and Diamonds, 408 Wabash
Avenue.

The demand for jewelry and ar-
ticles for personal adornment is as
oldas the history of the human race,
andin modern times artistic design
snd workmanship have added grace
ко the articles fashioned of gold and
precious stones, until to-day the
jeweler is rightfully numbered
among the devotees of ам. Terre
Haute is well provided with facili
ties for procuring fine jewelry, pre-
cious stones and silverware as well as

watches, clocks, ete., and а reliable and enterprising dealer in these
luxurious and necessary articles is Mr. Е. W. Leeds, who for the
pst twelve years has occupied a leading position in this trade,

Having outgrown his former accommodations, he has recently
removed to his present commodious and well-lighted store, which
is handsomely appointed and fitted and where he displays a large
and complete stock of fine jewelry, watches, clocks, diamonds, tes
as well as art novelties, bijoutry, presentation goods and staples.
Те connection with the sale of new goods, a department of watch

clock and jewelry repairing is maintained, under the superintend.
ence of skilled experts. Mr. Leeds is an enterprising and pro-

gressive business man, popular alike in commercial and social
circles and his establishment is a prominent feature of the trade
accommodations of this city
ADOLPH MOENCH,
Wholesale Dealer in Cured Meats, Produce, Fruits,
etc., 114 South Fourth Street.

Aleading and growing factor of the commercial resources of
Terre Haute is the enterprise of Mr. Adolph Moench, which oc
jes a most useful and significant station, since it has wholly to
do with providing the community with ‘articles of food. ъв
house was founded May 1, 1888, and occupies premises consisting
ofa two-story and basement building. Here ample accommo,
dation is found for stock, which embraces cured meats, pork, lard,
produce, seeds and grocers supplies and foreign and domestic
fruits in season. The facilities of the house embrace the most
intimate relations with producers, shippers and importers, and
oranges, lemons, bananas and domestic fruits are being daily
received in large quantities and are supplied to the trade at low-
est market prices. The trade of the house is chiefly local and in
the vicinity, and is annually increasing in volume, Мт. Moench
is a progressive merchant and popular with the trade. His
business policy is distinguished for" prompiness апа reliability
and his house has become an important feature of the jobbing
trade of Terre Haute.

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RIDDLE, HAMILTON 8 СО.,

Real Estate, Loans and Insurance, 20 South Sixth
Street.

‘The old-established and prominent real estate agency of Messrs.
Riddle, Hamilton & Co. has done much to advance the corporate
growth and business interests of Terre Haute and vicinity, invit-

men of capital here and at the same time offering inducements
ssidents to own homes or purchase lots for manufacturing,

mercantile or residence purposes. This firm, which, in its several
departments of business, is second to none of its kind in the State,
either in facilities for doing business, experienced management or
reputation for reliability and fair dealing, has been actively en-
gaged in developing Terre Haute’s industrial and commercial
growth forovera quarter of acentury. The enterprise was ori
nally instituted in 1863 by Wharton, Riddle & Co., the present
firm, composed of Messrs. J. Irving Riddle and William A.

6 THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

Hamilton, having been formed in 1878, since which the benefits
conferred upon the city through their energy and enterprise have
been many and valuable. The firm conduct а general real estate.
business, buying, selling and exchanging teal property of all kinds
both on their own account and on commission. They also ne-
gotiate mortgnge loans, furnish buyers of lots with money for
uilding houses, when desired, upon terms that are most liberal
and furnish opportunities to industrious workingmen and others
to own their own homes, which no prudent man can afford to
neglect. They take full charge of estates and property for non-
residents, collect rentals, pay taxes and. transact all business
relating to real estate at a moderate compensation, and their
experience and standing in the business community are such as

city, one of which contained over 300 lots, many of which have
been sold and are built upon, and others equally desirable still
remaining. The members of the firm are both broad-gauge men,
of comprehensive views, identified with Terre Haute in the best
sense, and they are extremely liberal towards ll who would
Jn the soil and thus become permanently attached to the ety.
‘The offices of the firm are centrally located, large and airy, on the
ground floor and may be said to be headquarters for real estate
investors as well as for loan and building associations, Mr. Hamil-
ton being Secretary of five different associations of prominence of
this character. A hearty welcome to these offices is extended to
all strangers and investigators of the advantages of Terre Haute,
and all questions will be answered, information furnished and
favors shown to visitors at all times. The firm solicits corre-
spondence from enpitaliss, investors and those seeking a profit-
able and advantageous location for a home or an industry, and to
such is offered the full benefit of their sagacity, knowledge and
business experience. А second and very important feature of
their business is the placing of insuranee of all kinds—fire, life,
accident, tornado, plate-glass, boiler and live stock. The list of
companies represented embraces many of the most substantial in
the world, and their number is such as to afford the insurer that
absolute indemnity in case of loss that is only assured in the ease
of large amounts by a division of risks. The companies are the
Phenix, of Brooklyn—fire and tornado; the Insurance Company
of North America, of Philadelphia—fire; the Pennsylvania—fire,
of Philadelphia ; the Sun—fire, and the London—fire, of England,
respectively, the oldest and the second oldest fire insurance com-
mies in the world, as well asamong the strongest; the Sun—fire,
having been founded in 1710, and during its corporate life having
paid over $100,000,000 in losses; the Queen, of England—fire an

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le—fire, of Evansville,
|; the People’s—fire, of Manchester, N. H.; the Standard—fire,
of Kansas City: Lloyds Plateglass Insurance Co., of New York,
the pioneer and most popular in its line; the great Mutual Life
Insurance Co. of New York, organized in 1843, with assets reachi
the unprecedented sum of 8137,000,000, over $60,000,000 of which
have been earned by judicious investments outside of premium
receipts, showing a perfection of judgment and capability in man-
agement worthy the emulation of all companies; the Travelers’
Life and Accident Co. of Hartford, Conn, the Hartford Steam
Boiler Inspection and insurance Co., of Hartford,and the Indiana
Farmers’ Live Stock Insurance Co., of Logansport. From this
list of companies, representing in the fire department assets aggre-

iting over $10,000,000, it will readily be understood that all
[же are promptly adjusted and paid in full.

Mr, Riddle has also been the Indiana State Agent for the Phe-
nix Fire Insurance Company, of Brooklyn, for the past sixteen
years, and during his incumbency this field has paid the com-
pany over $1,000,000'in premiums. Ніз long and busy career as
an underwriter has given him an experience and knowledge of
the business by few others, and the uniform fairness
and reliability of the business methods in vogue with the firm
render it at once popular and successful with the insuring public.
‘The facilities offered the public in all departments of they bust
ness by Messrs. Riddle, Hamilton & Co. are such as are afforded
only by the most progressive organizations of eapital, energy and
enterprise, and will be found in many ways valuable aids to the
intending settler in this vicinity, as well as to the capitalist, the
transient investor, and the community at large.

. J. COBLEICH,
Manufacturer of Piano Cases, 16th and Maple Ave.

‘The latest and most important addition to the industrial re-
sources of Terre Haute, within a number of years, is the extensive
and well-equipped piano case works of Mr. С. J. Cobleigh. These
works, which аге now rapidly approaching completion, cover an
area of about three acres, the buildings being constructed of brick
Та the most substantial and first-class manner, forming together
one of the finest and most modern plants in the city, and equal
to any of their kind in the country. When in operation the
works will furnish employment to upwards of two hundred work-
men, and this number, it is expected, will be largely increased
within a year. The products of the works will comprise all kinds
of piano cases, finished in the white ready for varnishing, and will
‘embrace all the latest and most modern artistic styles and designs
suitable for the highest grades of instruments. Mr. Cobleigh i
an experienced manufacturer, having formerly conducted a simi-
lar enterprise in Massachusetts, and having removed to this city,
by reason of the contiguity of the source of supply for hard
woods, he will be enabled to afford the trade marked advanages
over less favored competitors. The enterprise gives every prom-
ise of becoming one of Terre Haute’s most prominent industries.

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

HULMAN в CO.,
е Grocers and Vigo Coffee and Spice Mills,
500 and 502 Wabash Ave.
With a history covering a third of a century, the important
and extensive wholesale grocery house and coffee and spice mills
of Messrs. Hulman & Co., of this city, are more vigorous, enter-
prising and prosperous to-day than at ‘any previous period, and
occupy a position in the commercial resources of Terre Haute and
the State second to none of its compeers. This now leading es-
tablishment of its kind in Indiana was originally founded in 1850
2 Ludavici & Hulman, which firm was dissolved in 1852, and
the business was continued by the late Е. Е. Hulman until 1859,
when Mr. Herman Hulman became the proprietor, the present
firm having been formed in 1885. The premises occupied for the
business are commodious, well-arranged and centrally located, and
consist of the large four-story brick building at the corner of Fifth
street and Wabash avenue and a four-story brick spice mill in the
rear, fronting on Fifth street, the two structures forming the
largest, premises devoted to a single commercial enterprise in the
city. The interior arrangements are in keeping with modern
ideas, the general offices and sample rooms on the ground floor
being tastefully and conveniently appointed, and the receiving,
shipping and storage departments being supplied with all facili-
ties for the prompt fulfillment of orders. Elevators, coffee-roast-
ing and spicegrinding machinery, operated by a steam engine,
and every adjunct that modern methods have proved useful for
the economical manufacture and handling of goods are provided,
and thé central location of the enterprise is convenient to the
depots and easily accessible alike for out-of-town and city buyers.
‘The firm carries a large and carefully selected stock of staple and
faney groceries and grocers’ sundries, and make specialties of teas,
molasses, flour, coffees and spices, the latter of their own produc-
tion. Other lines of goods embrace wines and liquors, cigars and
tobaceos and wooden and willow ware. The firm are heavy dealers
in all lines, and are in daily receipt of consignments of first-class
Jods direct from manufacturers, which they offer to the trade at
lowest prices. Upwards of one hundred clerks, salesmen, ware-
housemen, porters and assistants are employed in the several de-
partments, With long years of experience, ample resources and
facilities, and a constant effort for improvement, it is not a matter
of surprise that this firm has long borne the highest reputation
of selling the best goods upon the most advantageous terms to
buyers. The members of the firm are Messrs. Herman Hulman,
Ben. G. Cox and Anton Hulman, all gentlemen who may be rightly
named as representatives of those sterling, thorough-going and
progressive qualities for which Terre Haute merchants have long

en noted. The two former are members of the Business Men's
Association, and all are deeply interested in the commercial and
industrial development of this city, and are prominently con-
nected with other enterprises. Promptitude and liberality char-
acterize all their transactions, and the success and prominence of
their business are matters of the most favorable comment.

Whole:

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE, 6

JOSEPH STRONG & CO.,
Terre Haute Coffee and Spice MillS, Corner Sixth and
Ohio Streets.

‘This house was established in 1870 by Mr. Joseph Strong, the
senior member of the present firm, who conducted it alone until
1888 when he associated with him Mr. A. б. Blake, under the
above firm title. Та 1887, the premises now occupied were erect-
tad with special reference to the requirements of the business, and
consist of а completely equipped modern coffee and spice mill and
‘\commodious warehouse, the whole forming an imposing architect-
ural feature of two of the principal business thoroughfares of
Тепе Haute. The storehouse is a three story and basement
brick building 50x 100 feet in dimensions fronting оп South Sixth

Street, and the manufacturing department is also а three-story
building, 25140 feet in dimensions, and is joined to the main
building оп with a frontage Ohio Street. А 50-horse power steam
engine supplies the necessary motive force to the four coffee roasters
and other machinery in use, all of which is of the most modern im-
proved character. ‘The offices and sample rooms of the firm occupy-

5

66 THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

ing the entire front of the building on the ground floor form an im-
portant feature of the establishment. They are elegantly and
tastefully furnished and appointed, with antique oak furniture
and fixtures, exquisitely carved, and with unique and ornament-
al fences and partitions dividing the room into separate apart-
ments, each of which is supplied with desks, cases and other con-
veniences, the whole presenting а vision of refined taste and luxu-
rious comfort во rarely found employed by busy merchants, yet so
worthy of emulation. The firm transact an extensive wholesale
trade in grocer’s sundries, and grind their own spices and coffees
and put them up under their own trade-marks, such being war-
ranted strictly pure and exactly as represented. Their coffees
have an especially high repute in the market and their mixtures
of Java, Mocha and other growths give the most pronounced satis-
faction to consumers. Other products are baking powder, cream-
tartar, mustard, ete., and in all lines the utmost system and uni-
form care are employed in the interest of superior products. The
general stock embraces about everything required by the grocery
trade except heavy groceries, and such goods as are not manufac-
tured on the premises are procured direct from first hands and are
supplied to the trade at lowest jobber's prices. The trade of the
house extends chiefly throughout Indiana and Illinois, and
through other houses the products are widely distributed in other
States. Twenty assistants are employed in the business includ-
ing seven traveling salesmen who frequently cover the tributary
territory. Mr. Joseph Strong is a Trustee of the Terre Haute
Savings Bank and a member of the Business Men’s Association
for the promotion of the growth of the city, and both members of
the firm are progressive merchants and public spirited citizens.

TERRE HAUTE IRON & STEEL CO.,
Manufacturers of Bar Iron; Works and Office, Cor.
13th Street and Е. & T. H. R. R.

This enterprise was originally instituted about twenty years
ago as a nail works, by the Terre Haute Iron & Nail Works Com-
апу, the present company having been incorporated in Septem-
ет, 1889, since which time the manufacture of nails has been

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE. вт

with economy in manufacturing processes; employment being
given to about two hundred skilled workmen. The annual out-
[put of the works has attained proportions of magnitude and the
pany possesses every facility and the capacity for prompt
ЕИ of large orders, while the product meets the most exact-
ing requirements of all manufacturers, and is widely distributed
cae the west and north-west ; the numerous lines of Rail-
roads centering here affording unsurpassed transportation faci
ties to all points. The officers are: Messi Р. Crawford,
'A. J. Crawford, Vice-Pres. and Treas, and Samuel L Brid
he two former also being respectively President and
Treasurer of the Wabash Iron Со. and the Vigo Tron Co. of this

W. L. KIDDER & SONS,

Manufacturers of Flour, Corner lOth Street and Wa-
bash Avenue.

‘The largest and most prominent flouring mill in Terre Haute,
is that of Messrs. А ider & Sons, which hasa dai

of 1,000 barrels, and this amount has been frequently exceeded,

This enterprise was instituted in 1880 and has since Inaugurated
atrade for its superior out-put that extends throughout the Eastern
States and is also largely abroad ; flour being shipped direct to
Great Britain and Europe upon orders. The mill is а four story

вз THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

and basement brick structure 50100 feet in dimensions, with
separate buildings for engine room and office, and is fully equipped
with all the latest improved machinery constituting the full
roller process, is operated by a 600-horse power steam engine and
furnishes employment to forty-five workmen, outside of a much
larger number, eng ‘elsewhere in the manufacture of the nec-
essary cooperage. The firm grind winter wheat only, producing
only the best grades of flour, which under the various brands of
«Kidder Best Patent,” “Victor,” “Imperial Patent,” and
“Crown” are in active demand by the trade and consumers wher-
ever introduced, owing to the high quality, color and uniformity.
The perfection attained in the product is largely due to the great
care exercised in the selection of the grain and in its handling
both before and during the process of manufacture, resulting in a
steady increase in the demand by the trade. The individual
members of the firm are Messrs. W. L. Kidder and his sons Е. W.
and F. L. Kidder, all of whom are closely identified with the
growth and prosperity of the Prairie City. Mr. W. L. Kidder is
а director of the Vigo County National Bank, a member of the
Business Men's Association and a stock-holder in several other
productive institutions of Terre Haute. This mill in not only
one of the most extensive in Indiana but its conduct here is of
material benefit to the resources of the city.

VIGO COUNTY NATIONAL BANK.
504 Wabash Ave.

‘The growing manufacturing and commercial interests of Terre
Наме and the important relations this city sustains as a distrib-
uting point for its own manufacturers and other trade products,
render its banking facilities а matter of particular interest in а
work of this character. The youngest, although one of the most
successful of the banks of Terre Haute, is the Vigo County Na-
tional Bank, which was organized November 1, 1888, and has
already taken its position among the strong and reliable institu-
tions of finance in the State. Tis officers and board of directors
include such well-known business men as Willard Kidder, W. L.
Kidder, M. Е. Hoberg, А. Z. Foster, Е. Havens, J. Collett; J. М.
Gwinn, Theo, Hulman, Sr., J. P. Crawford and August Busch,
with Mr. В. С. Hudnut, President, and Chas. W. Cohn, Cashier;
who may be quoted as among the most prominent business men
and capitalists of the city. А general banking business in all its
forms is conducted, and as is usual with institutions of this
character, besides devoting its energies to receiving deposits and
graduating loans and discounts, the bank also undertakes collec-
tions at all available points, and buys and sells exchange on prin-
cipal cities. The bank cordially invites the accounts of corpora-
tions, firms and individuals, and points with pardonable pride to

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the statement of its condition made to the U. 8. Comptroller,
December 11, 1889, after acorporate life of fourteen months. The
main features of this statement we appen
Сара! ИСК oa > санае оа уя
Surplus fund Де в
Undivided profits _ И
Loans and discounts :

Deposits ЖЕ H

Total resources EIEE {11 467581 27
ide in her banks and

been in the van. This bank is fully prepared with all facilities,
and its management extends ап invitation to manufacturers and
others to locate here, and offers all needed assistance on a liberal
business basis.

VICO IRON COMPANY,
Manufacturers of Pig Iron, 1421 Washington
Avenue.

ain ores. Perfect system is maintained in all details of manu-
facture, and orders are promptly filled. ‘The enterprise is an im-
portant feeder to the two extensive rolling mill plants of the ci
and while adding to the diversified character of home industries,
will prove of important advantage to any industry locating here
requiring in its operations this grade of pig iron. “The executive
management of the company is im the hands of Messrs. A. J.
Crawford, President, and J. Р. Crawford, Secretary and Treasurer,
whose names are synonyms of success, and whose prominent con
nection with other important enterprises is mentioned in other
places in this volume.

то THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

WABASH LUMBER CO.,
Manufacturers of Sash, Doors, Blinds, Etc., and
Wholesale and Retail Lumber Dealers,

133 North First Street.

‘The extensive lumber enterprise of the Wabash Lumber Co.
was incorporated July 1, 1889, and forms one of the most im-
portant features of the rade in lumber and its products for

uilding purposes. in Terre Haute. The premises occupied by
the Company cover three city blocks, and besides extensive yards
and sheds for storage, and а commodious office, they operate a
well-equipped planing mill, which is provided with all necessary
machinery and а 7Oshore power steam engine, and is devoted to
the manufacture of sash, doors, blinds, mouldings and builders
finishing, and general mill work. The Company handles about
3,000,000 feet of lumber annually, consisting both of pine and
hardwoods, and they carry in stock about 1,000,000 feet with
which to promptly fill orders. The trade of the house is largely
local and shipments are also made to surrounding towns. АП
stock is procured direct from the original sources of supply in
large quantities, and the location of the yards alongside the rail-
road tracks affords the most complete facilities for receipt and
shipment with the greatest economy. The officers of the Com-

у are Messrs, Crawford Fairbanks, President; John Ве
Vice-President; H. C. Miller, Treasurer, and W- В. Steel,
retary; all men of prominence in Terre Haute, and progressive
manufacturers. The Company is an important accession to the
industrial and commercial resources of the city.

LEWIS LOCKWOOD,
Manufacturer of Artificial Limbs, Deformity Appl
ances, etc., Room 14, McKeen Block.

In the progress which has accor
mied the manufacture of artificial
bs Mr. Lewis Lockwood, sr, has
distinguished himself by his’ valuable
productions and acquired a reputation
that extends throughout the entire
Union. He has been actively engaged
in the business for over 40 years, and
was formerly connected with the re-
nowned Dr. Bly, and was the actual
inventor and maker of the Bly Arti

cial Limb. Не established himself in
this city in 1880, after having previous,
ly conducted the same business in St. Louis for sixteen years,

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE. п

and since 1885 has had associated with him
his son Lewis Lockwood, jr., the nominal
title of the firm, however, remaining the
same. Both are thoroughly practical, and ex-
perienced artificial limb manufacturers and
all their products аге the result of their own,
handi-work, thus insuring a perfection of
product impossible to be obtained where
the work is delegated to less skilled hands.
‘The firm manufactures the Dr. Bly ball
jointed limbs and the Lockwood patent
both of which are co

structed on the

most scientific pri

ciples and are en- І

dorsed everywhere
by the surgi¢al pro-
fession. Other pro-
duets are deformity
aparatus of all descriptions, and for de-
bilities and deficiencies of the human
frame, and the firm also carry a full and
complete line of Trusses, Elastie Stockings
Knee Caps, ete. Among Ше patrons of
the firm is the Vandalia В. В. and all
employés injured on the road are provid-
ed with the artificial limbs made here.
‘That the firm are fully eapacitated both

/

natural talent and research to fally
supply all demands for this class of goods

is abundantly attested by the suce
which has attended their efforts as well
as by the hundreds of testimonials they
have received from persons in all parts of the country using their
Incomparable appliances. The enterprise is an important, one

and adds greatly to the high character of the diversified interests
of the Prairie City.

WABASH IRON COMPANY,
Bar Iron Manufacturers, 710 N. Second Street.

‘The Wabash Поп Company was incorporated in 1873, with а
capital stock of $80,000, and from its inception it has pursued a
career of marked prosperity, steadily increasing Из scope of ope

ations and extending its trade until at the present writing it is
‘one of the most important industrial features of Terre Haute’s
progress; conducing to the thrift of the city by the employment
of two hundred skilled workmen, and adding to the fame of the

ә THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

city as a source of supply for first-class products. The company’s
plant embraces about twenty puddling and other furnaces, three
trains of rolls, six boilers and twelve powerful engines, and the
реа comprise all sizes and shapes of merchant bar iron,
light T rails for coal banks and street railways, plow beams, etc.
The capacity of the works is about 10000 net tons of iron an-
nually, and their market lies chiefly in the west and north-west.
The works are operated continuously night and day, and the
orders are always ahead of the mpi а most satisfactory condi-
tion, which speaks volumes as to the favor in which it is'held by
the trade е officers of the company are Messrs. A. J. Craw-
ford, President, and J. P. Crawford, Secretary and Treasurer, both
residents of Terre Haute and among the most substantial and
enterprising manufacturers of the State. They are also promi-
nently identified with the financial institutions of Terre Haute
and other prominent industrial operations of the city, and the
uniform success of all enterprises in which they are engaged is
evidence of their sound judgment and business ability.

A. BOCARD,
Wholesale Dealer in Paper Stock, Old Metal

i tC.
Зи South Second Street.

An enormous business has grown up of late years in the collec-
tion, sorting, packing and shipping of paper stock, old metals,
ete., and Terre Haute is the seat of operations for an enterprising
house engaged in this useful industry. We refer to the establish-
ment of Mr. A. Bogard, which he instituted in 1874 and has since
conducted with annually increasing influence. His premises are

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE. тз

ARTHUR JORDAN,
Wholesale Dealer and Shipper of Poultry, Eggs and
Butter, 101 to 119 South Water Street.

The produce enterprise of Mr. Arthur Jordan in this city,
which is conducted under the able and experienced management
of Mr. Н. В. Sweet, is one of the most valuable adjuncts to the
trade resources of Terre Haute. The house is a branch of the
same kind of a house in Indianapolis, and is one of eight others
located in various localities in this State and Tlinois; though to
all intents and purposes the Terre Haute establishment is а sep-
arate enterprise, since its stock is all procured in this vicinity and
is shipped directly to the Eastern markets in earload lots without
re-handling elsewhere. The facilities of the house embrace a most
complete receiving and packing house, comprising a two-story
warehouse, an ice-house, large yards for live poultry and every
facility and convenience for the handling of almost unlimited
quantities of the products dealt in. Railroad tracks adjoin the

warehouse, permitting economical loading of cars, and recent
addition in the way of engine and boilers make the establishment
the best equipped ior the business of any in the State. The
house purchases live poultry, butter and eggs in any quantity
from the producers and prepare them for market. The poultry
is all dressed and packed in ice, eggs are cased and butter is
raded, ducks and geese being shipped live in crates. During ће
busy season the shipments average about 100,000 pounds of poul-
try, 60,000 to 75,000 dozen eggs, 12.000 pounds of butter and
1,000 geese per month, and with the exception of the parent
house at Indianapolis the business transact isthe largest of

та THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

any of the branches. А force of about twenty assistants is em-
ployed at the establishment, and during the receiving and ship-
ping hours there is no busier or livelier place in Terre Haute than
this depot for the products of the adjoining agricultural country.
Mr. Sweet is an е: ече! and progressive dealer, and is widel:
known to the trade, and under his business policy the enterprise
is rapidly growing Та favor, both with producers and the trade.
‘Mr. Jordan resides at Indianapolis and manages the house there,
He is one of the Board of Governors of the Board of Trade of
that city, and is prominently identified with all matters de-
Signed to aid in the development and prosperity of Indiana, of
which his extended business with many branches is a most im-
portant factor, and is fully entitled to its marked suecess.

THE EHRMAN MANUFACTURING CO.,
Manufacturers of Pants, Overalls, Shirts, etc., 122,
124 and 126.Wabash Ave.

‘There are but few enterprises in Terre Haute that contribute
more to the industrial prosperity of the community than that of
‘The Ehrman Manufacturing Со. of which Messrs. С. H., А. and
Е. Е. Ehrman are the founders and proprietors, and whose opera-
tions embrace the manufacture of Pants, Shirts, overalls, etc., for
workingmen, mechanics, and others. This enterprise was esta-
lished in 1888, and gives employment to about two hundred
and fifty operatives in the factory and at their own houses, and
the trade of the house extends throughout the Northwest and
Southwest and is annually increasing in volume. The factory is
а three storey brick building 502100 feet in dimensions, the first
floor being used as the stock room, the second floor for cuttin;
and the thifd floor for manufacturing, the whole being equippe
with sewing machines, button and button-hole machines, etc.,
operated Ьу ав electric motor. The products, which are in’ high
favor with the trade and consumers, under the trademark of
* Farmers and Mechanics,” are all carefully made, are strong ser-
viceable garments and are produced at low cost and are particular-
ly desirable for the purposes for which they are designed. The
facilities at hand leave little to be desired and the enterprise being
operated upon economic principles tends greatly to the interests

patrons. Sales are made exclusively to jobbers, without the
intervention of traveling salesmen, resulting in a marked saving
to the trade. The members of the firm are all active workers and
fully conversant with all the details of the business to which they
give their close personal supervision. They are esteemed and

jublic spirited citizens and the enterprise they have founded and
Brought to its present proportions is one of the most useful factors
of the industrial growth of Terre Haute.

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE,

D. W. WATSON’S SON,

Steam Heating, Plumbing, Cas and Steam Fitting,
Electro-Plating, etc., 630 and 634 Wabash
Avenue.

No enterprises of an industrial character аге more useful in a
‘community than those which confer upon the people increased
comfort and safety in their homes and public edifices, and of
such the house of D. W. Watson's Son is entitled to a pre-emi
nent position. This now well-known and leading establishment
of its kind in this section, wes originally founded thirty-five
years ago by the late D. W. Watson, and has been conducted
‘under its present style since the death of the founder, in 1883, by
his son, John C. Watson, who has been connected with the busi-
ness for many years. The headquarters of the business are em-
braced in a three-story building, 35X150 feet in dimensions,
which is equipped with a 20-horse power steam engine and
all necessary tools and machinery for the work in hand, employ
ment in the several departments being given to about sixteen
assistants. The ground-floor is used for the steam fitting and
plumbing department, the second floor contains the stock of
chandeliers, the third’ contains the electroplating department
and the basement is used for storing heavy stock. Неге may be
inspected а full and complete stock of gas fixtures and chandeliers
of all kinds, plumbers’, gas fitters’, and steam fitters’ supplies,
sanitary appliances of the very best description and latest im-
proved character, brass work, pumps, bath tubs, steam gauges,
iron and lead pipe, and indeed everything required in these
lines. In the plating department, which is а new feature of the
business, added in December, 1889, gold, silver, nickel, brass,
bronze and copper plating is accomplished by
‘the best manner. Old chandeliers аге re-finished in the latest
styles, and oxidizing old iron and опиша or any color ог finish
desired are given. The chief specialties of the house are steam
heating and plumbing, and in this line of work contracts are
made to as distant points as Kansas and generally throughout
this State and Illinois, while in this city innumerable private
residences belonging to our most prominent citizens have been
supplied with the productions of this house. The facilities of
the house are unsurpassed in this vicinity, and the work executed
has always heen of superior excellence. Mr. Watson is а thor-
oughly practical man at the business, to which he gives his close
personal attention, he is a progressive and public spirited citizen,
and his enterprise has long been recognized as an important
factor of the manufacturing and commercial resources of the city
and offers the greatest advantages in the supply of first-class and
reliable goods at fair prices.

76 THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAU

LAWRENCE HEINL,
Florist and Nurseryman, 1505 Washington Avenue.

‘The oldest and most extensive enterprise of the kind in Terre
Haute is the nursery and green-houses of Mr. Lawrence Heinl,
which were instituted in 1863 and have ever since been conducted
with annually inereasing success and influence. The green-houses
and grounds for cultivating flowers are located in the south-eastern
section of the city, where five acres of ground are utilized, and
the nursery, devoted to raising fruit trees, ornamental shrubbery,
grape vines, et. is comprised in а farm of eighty acres located а
few miles out of the city. The greenhouses have a superficial
area covered by 22,000 square feet of glass, and form a most com-
plete and interesting display, a visit to which cannot be other than
entertaining and pleasant to all who possess a taste for nature's
loveliest decorations. For decorations at weddings, balls, parties,
church festivals and funerals the products of this enterprise have
long been appreciated for their attractiveness and artistic ar-
rangement, and the variety, beauty and freshness of the cut
flowers supplied and the reasonable prices charged, have naturally
been the means of drawing and retaining a high class and е:
tensive home patronage, besides which Mr. Ней also enjoys a
wholesale trade extending throughout Indiana. He has all his
life been identified with this delightful occupation and is an ex-
perienced horticulturist, and the public may depend at all
times upon having orders for cut flowers or floral designs promptly
filled and with the most complete satisfaction.

СЕОВСЕ BURT & CO.,

Brass Workers and Finishers and Manufacturers of

Novelties, 1620 Chestnut Street.

A leading and important feature of thi

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE. п

Тепе Haute is the Novelty Works of George Burt
enterprise wasinstituted some
‘years ago and has met with a
gratifying success from its in-
‘ception, necessitating an in-
crease of facilities, and result-
ing in a trade that in some
of its specialties extends
throughout all parts of the
country. The manufacturing
plant is embraced in their
own two-story frame building
erected for the purpose, which
is fully equipped with im-
proved, machinery operated
by a steam engine, and fur-
nishes employment to a num-
ber of skilled workmen. ‘The
produets of the house consist
Df special tools, dies, patterns,
сс, brass and iron fittings, brass castings and all’ kinds of nov
eltics in metal, brass working and brass finishing of all kinds.
‘They make a specialty of developing new patents and the manu-
facture of the same in large quantities
‘at economical pric
They are also the pat-
entees and manufac-
turers of Burt’s Bass
Drum Musie Rack and
Musie Holders for
small dram and picolo
players, Burt's “Опе
For Ail” Clarionet
Music Holder, and the
‘Acme and Novelty
Music Holders for
Band Instruments.
Another specialty is
Nese Bn Bote
chure Restorative and
Restorine. These
specialties are in great favor with band musicis
by the most celebrated bands throughout the count
has acquired а most enviable reputation for the high quality of
all their products, and for promptness, liberal and fair dealing,
and their establishment is justly conceded to be-an important
accession to the industrial resources of Terre Haute.

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HOBERG, ROOT & CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Dry Goods, Notions,
Fancy Goods, etc., 518 and 520 Wabash Ave.

For over a third of а century the dry goods house of Messrs.
Hoberg, Root & Co., has occupied a prominent position in the
commercial resources of Terre Haute, and in the extent and char-
acter of its business has been an important factor in attracting
that large trade which is the pride of the eity and the foundation
of much of its substantial prosperity. It was originally founded
in 1856, by Rice, Edsall & Co., the present firm,” consisting of
Messrs. Max Е. Hoherg, Lewis В. Root, and Alfred Hoberg, hav-
ing succeeded the founders, and it is therefore the oldest dry
goods emporium in the city, besides which it has always been rec-
ognized as the principal house in Western Indiana for the pur-
chase of fine goods, no other concern in the city approaching
them either in the high quality or variety of the stock of fine
dress goods, silks, satins, velvets, ete., always to be found on their
shelves. In 1881, the continued growth of their business necessi-
tated more room than was then at their disposal, and their present
extensive quarters were remodeled and arranged for their oceu-
paney. The premises consist of a fourstory double store with
basement, the whole havinga floorage area of 28,000 square feet.
It is conveniently arranged, handsomely appointed, supplied with
all modem improvements’ and facilities, including passen
levator, steam heat, electric lights, cash carriers, ete., and is in its
entirety by far the most extensive establishment їп the city de-
voted to the dry goods trade. Seventy-five attentive and courte-
ous salesmen, clerks and assistants are employed in the store,
and every aommodation that modern business methods have
rendered desirable is provided patrons, goods being promptly de-
livered to all parts of the city and to trains for out-of-town cus-
tomers. The stock embraces literally everything in the way of
ladies’ goods, dry goods, fancy goods, underwear, hosiery, cloaks
and suits, men’s furnishing goods, laces, linguin, housekeeping
linens and cottons, toilet articles, notions, fan ete. For
the convenience of ladies the firm has provided waiting and
fitting rooms, where suits and wraps may be tried on and altered
to fit the purchaser if required. Тһе business of the house is both
wholesale and retail, four traveling salesmen representing the firm
оп the road, and as before intimated the business is annually in-
creasing in volume, the aggregate sales now reaching upwards of
а half million dollars annually. The patronage of the house is
derived from Indiana and Ilinois chiefly, and prompt attention
is given to, mail orders, inquiries answered and prices quoted.
By virtue of its age, the employment of ample capital and the e:
perience of its management this house is in possession of many
advantages in procuring goods which are promptly shared with
customers, and as а result the store, during the season, is thronged

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with patrons who are sure to secure the most reliable goods at
the lowest prices. The firm is represented in the Business Men’s
Association, and is always active in all matters pertaining to the
growth and prosperity of the city, and by untiring energy and
straightforward principles they have achieved a reputation which
we shall not presume to criticise and are fully deserving of the
prominence and success they have attained as the leading dry
goods dealers of Terre Haute.

JAMES NICHOLS,
Manufacturer of Lumber, Flour Barrels, Cooperage
Stock. 1126 South Ist Street.

In the south-western section of the city on the bank of the
Wabash river and connected with the railroad system of the city
by aside track entering the premises, is the extensive plant of
Mr. James Nichols, covering ten acres of ground and furnishing
steady employment to seventy-five skilled workmen. This enter-

rise is the oldest and largest of its kind in this section of the
State, and embraces the operation of the only saw-mill in the city.
The products of the plant include hard and soft wood lumber of
all kinds, slack barrels for flour, produce, salt, ete., headings,
staves, and hoops, packing boxes, poultry crates, ete., and is one
of the most self-contained establishments of the kind anywhere.
Тһе mechanical equipment embraces а saw-mill for lumber
hoops, staves, heading, box and other machinery of improved
character, operated by an engine of 80 horse power, and every
‘operation in connection with the manufacture of barrels and coop-
erage stock is performed on the premises from the receipt of the
logs to the shipment of the completed product. The timber is
purchased in the forests standing, and is cut and rafted down the
river to the mill, where the logs are sawed into lumber and then
passed through the various operations required. The trade of the
establishment is largely in Terre Haute with local millers, and
also extends throughout Indiana and Illinois and shipments of
соорегаде stock are also made to more distant states, notably Kan-
sas. In lumber, oak, black walnut, and other hard woods form
the chief product, and this is marketed locally. The present ca-
pacity of the barrel department is about 1500 daily. Mr. Nichols
аз been actively engaged in the grocery trade of Terre Haute for
a quarter of a century and still conducts an enterprise of this kind
at 400 and 402 South First in addition to his manufacturing busi-
nes. He has been engaged in the cooperage business for the
nine years, and has operated his present plant since Nov. 1888,
succeeding to the business originally established some years ago
by Gilman & Reynolds. He is a progressive business шап and
in the prime of his usefulness and is closely identified with the
industrial advance of Terre Haute, of which his own enterprise ів
an important and growing feature.

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KING & SEATH,
Stove Manufacturers, 603 N. Sixth Street.

The well-known and
leading stove manu-
facturing enterprise of
Messrs. King & Seath
was originally estab-
lished їп 1872, by
Messrs. Ball & King,
and 1876 to 1887 was
ted by Mr.

ing alone; the
present firm having
been organized in the
latter year, its mem-
bers being’ Messrs. E.
J. King апі J. К
Seath, Jr. The plant
of the firm is embraced
in a threestory brick

tory foundry in
the rear, 90x50
The works are fully
equipped with ай
necessary tools and ap-
pliances, operated by
â 15-horse power steam
engine, and furnishes
employment to about
twenty-five skilled
mechanies during the
busy season. The
products of the firm
consist of a general
line of cooking and
heating stoves, which,
under the titles of the
Belle,” “New Belle,”
Prairie City,” “Vigo”
and other cookin
stoves, and the “ Vandalia,” “ Prairie Oak” and “Prairie Flower
a , embody all the latest improvements that add to the
of all first-classstoves. The “Vandalia” heater, with а
ing and dumping grate, is an especially desirable heating stove;
is made in four sizes, and is equally designed for burning hard or
soft coal or coke. The largest is suitable for school-houses,
churches, depots, stores, and other large buildings, and is a great

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heater and easy of control. The members of the firm are both
practical stove manufacturers, and give their close personal super-
vision to all the details of manufacture, thereby securing the
highest quality of product. The Попа and honorable record of
this house is a credit to the city, and its products are in every
respect worthy the unlimited confidence of the trade and con-
sumers.

TERRE HAUTE HOMINY MILL CO.
Jenckes & Co. Proprietors, 119 Poplar Street.

‘There are no more useful enterprises in any community than
those that cater to the food supply, and among the leading repre-
sentatives of a branch of this industry is the Terre Haute Hominy
Milling Company, of which Mr. Ray G. Jenckes is the proprietor,
under the nominal firm style of Jenckes « Со. This enterprise
‘commenced operations in 1888, in the mill formerly used for the
manufacture of flour, which was built in 1853. The plant is em-
braced in a four story brick building which is equipped with all
necessary machinery, operated by an engine of 120 horse power,
and when in fall operation day and night furnishes employment
to twenty-six workmen. The mill is connected with the railroad
system of the city by a side-track which affords the most favorable
facilities for the receipt of corn and the shipment of the product,
without re-handling. The products embrace a full line of white
corn goods, hominy, gritz, pearl meal and mill feed, the chief
specialty, however, being brewers’ goods, which are economically

rroduced from the best quality of corn and are of a particularly
Figh grade, and in large demand by the trade throughout the
east, north and south. Mr. Jenckes exercises his personal and
active supervision over all the details of the business and his suc-
cecs is the well merited result of ап intelligent system of fair
dealing in business, and presents another evidence of the advant-
ages possessed by Terre Haute as а favorable location as a manu-
facturing and distributing center.

LANCASTER BLOCK COALCO.,
Office 921 Wabash Ave.

No interest in the range of the industrial and commercial activity
of Terre Haute is more important than that of coal, and both as
regards capital invested and the direct benefits derivable there-
from to all classes of the community, no branch of trade in the
United States is of a more useful or necessary character. А lead-
ing representative of the coal mining trade of this section is the
Lancaster Block Coal Co., of this city, which was instituted in
1880 and incorporated in 1881, with a capital of $150,000, and has
since attained a permanent and influential trade which is chiefly

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confined to Chicago and the North-west. The company’s mines,
two in number, are located in Owen county, near Clay City, and
have a capacity of about 1,000 tons daily. ‘The coal mined is a
semi-block coal and has long been one of the most popular fuels
in the market for domestic and steam purposes. It is also the
best coal to be procured for smelting uses and is largely in demand
for that purpose. The company employs one hundred and sixty
miners and others in the conduct of the enterprise and the great-
est сате is exercised in preparing the product for market. The
officers of the Company are Messrs. John Andrew, President,
who resides at the mines, and Robert Andrew, Secretary and
Treasurer, of Terre Haute, who through this example of their en-
terprise are adding greatly to the name and fame of the Prairie

ity asa market for coal. The company sell the product at
wholesale only, and manufacturers, retailers and large consumers
will greatly consult their own interests by making a thorough
{rial of this famous coal, which is sure to give unbounded satis-
faction.

TERRE HAUTE BOILER WORKS,

Cliff & Co., Proprietors, Ninth and Mulberry Streets.

The Terre Haute Boiler Works has for nearly a quarter of a
century been promotive in no small degree of the general high
терце of the Prairie City’s manufactures. The business was
originally instituted by Mr. William Cliff, who admitted his son,
J. Н. Cliff, to а partnership in 1878, under the style of СПЯ &
Son, and in 1884 his nephew, C. N. Cliff, joined the firm, which
has since been known as Cliff & Co. The works are embraced in
a one story building, which is equipped with punching machines,
rolls, dishing machines, ete., operated by а 12-horse power engine,
and furnish employment to twenty-five skilled workmen. The
products embrace locomotive, stationary and marine boilers, stand
pipes, oil, lard and water tanks, jail and prison work, furnace,
Cupolas, smoke stacks, fireproof doors and shutters and indeed
anything in the way of boiler, tank, sheet and plate iron work. At
present the firm is making more tubular boilers than others. Та
all produets turned out the best materials are used, and none but
the most perfect workmanship is permitted to the expel
enced and critical examination of Mr. William Cliff, who closel
supervises all the details of manufacture. The location of the
works being contiguous to the railroad there are unsurpassed
facilities for the receipt of the raw materials and the shipment of
the finished products, and the trade of the house extends through-
out this State and Illinois, while the home demand in Terre
Haute is practically controlled by the firm. All the members of
the firm are practical boiler manufacturers and the senior was for
eight years previous to establishing his own business, foreman at
the Vandalia railroad boiler shops. The enterprise isa prominent
factor of the industrial resources of Terre Haute and the skill and
experience of its proprietors exercised in its conduct have con-
tributed largely to the high repute of the city’s workshops.

s THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

ALBERT Z. FOSTER,
Carpets and Furniture, 422, 424 and 426 Wabash
Avenue.

One of the most extensive dealers in the above named lines of
goods in Indiana is Mr. Albert Z. Foster, whose elegantly ap-
ated warerooms are an ornament to the main street of the
and contain the largest and most complete stock of carpets,
furniture and upholstery goods to be found in Western Indiana.
The premises occupied consist of two large stores, each having
three floors, and part of the adjoining building, the whole form-
ing one of the largest commercial establishments їп Фе city.
The stock carried embraces full and complete lines of all goods
dealt in, from the costliest to the cheapest grades, nothing, how-

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ever, being handled that may be called cheap, їп the se
inferiority. In Carpets are shown Wilton, А Velvet,
Moquet, Brussels, Tapestry in in ай! the prevailing colors
and patterns,Oil Cloths, Rugs and Mats; whilein Furnitureare to be
seen Parlor and Chamber Suits, Library, Hall and Dining Room
Furniture, Chairs and Rockers, Cabinets, Tables, and everything in

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

the way of fine and medium furniture. АП goods are procured
direct from manufacturers in large quantities and are offered to
the public upon the most liberal terms. The enterprise is
strictly а Terre Haute one, and is fully entitled to the patronage
Of all who have the advancement of the prosperity and thrift of
this city at heart. That not only equal, but superior advantages,
are offered to patrons here, is a well-known fact, and from its
ception the house has always been recognized as а most economic-
al place to procure the best goods. Хо other house in the cit
doing more toward supplying unusual facilities for procuring
furniture and earpets, and its high reputation and standing may
Бе regarded as а guarantee that in the future its endeavors will be
in the continued interest of its very large circle of patrons, Mr.
Foster isan active and pushing merchant, a progressive citizen,
and is a prominent member of the Business Mens’ Association
for the advancement of Terre Haute.

L. S. BRIGGS CO.,
Lumber Dealers, 917 Chestnut Street.

‘The lumber yards of Messrs. L. S. Briggs & Co. form one of the
‘most important enterprises of the kind in the city, and constitute
a leading feature of the trade in building materials. The house
was founded in 1866 by Eshman, Tuell & МеКееп who were suc-
ceeded in 1871 by Samuel McKeen, he by Briggs & Holmes in
1578, they in turn by L. S. Briggs in 1834, the present firm con-

ing of L. 8. Briggs, Wm. J. Briggs and Henry Knipstasch,
having been formed in 1888. The premises occupied for the
business cover about three acres, are located opposite the Union
depot and adjoin the railroad system of the city, affording the
most complete receiving and shipping facilities. The firm handles
all kinds of Western pine and hard wood lumber, sash, doors and
blinds and building materials, and they enjoy a lange and annually
increasing trade extending throughout the city and vicinity wit
builders, consumers and others. АП lumber is received direct
from the original sources of supply in large quantities and is
offered to the trade at liberal prices, and the facilities of the house
embrace commodious and substantial storage buildings for dressed
lumber, ete., large vards furnishing ample accommodations for an
extensive stock. The members of the firm are active and pro-
ive business men, liberal and fair dealing їп ай business re-
iations, and are interested in the advancement of the prosperity
of the city. Mr. Briggs is also President of the Vigo County
Agricultural Society, whose annual fairs are among the most зис-
cessful and attractive of any held in the West. The long experi-
ence of this firm, its honorable methods and reliable character
have secured for it a high position in the esteem of this com-
munity, and the benefits to be derived from entering into business
relations with the firm must be self-evident to every reader.

86 THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

SCOTT & CRAFF.
Carriage Manufacturers, 5 and 7 South Second St.
‘A leading and old-es-

tablished house in the
carriage trade is that of
Меме Scott & Graf,
which was founded in
1870 and has since built
up a reputation for high
class vehicles unsurpass-
ed by that of any other
concern in the country.
The premises occupied
by the firm are embraced
in а twostory brick
factory which is divid-
ed into the iron and woodworking, the painting and trim-
ming departments and the warerooms, the whole being provided
with all necessary tools and appliances, no machinery being used,
the product being entirely the result of hand-labor, and emplo}
ment is given to ten skilled workmen. The products embrace
buggies, light carriages, business wagons, grocery wagons, milk
wagons, and other light vehicles, all of which are made of the best
materials by careful workmen and are finished in the highest
style of the art. The firm also handle light carriages, surreys,

the conduet of this useful industry have done their share’ toward
the development of the industrial resources of this cit;

м. с. RANKIN,
Lumber Dealer, 226 Canal Street.

А prominent exponent of the lumber trade of this city is the
well known and leading house of Mr. М. С. Rankin, which he е
tablished in 1872. The premises occupied are situated contig-
uous to the railroad, affording the most complete facilities for
receiving direct into the yards, and cover an area of 142x280 feet.
Mr. Rankin handles all Kinds of rough and dressed building lum-
ber, which is received direct from the original sources of supply
under such favorable conditions as enable it to be placed at the
disposal of the trade and public at lowest market prices. From
three to six assistants are employed in the business, which is
mainly with contractors, builders and others, although shipments
are occasionally made to surrounding towns. Suitable store-
houses are provided for housing dressed material and mouldings,
and every facility is placed at the disposal of patrons. Mr.
Rankin isa well known and esteemed citizen, and is closely ident-
ified with the best interests of the city.

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE. 87

ZIMMERMAN & STAHL,
Manufacturers of Overalls, Pants and Shirts, 30
North Sixth Street.

In no line of manufactures is the economy resulting from lange
productior. under systematic management more apparent than in
the price at which well-made, serviceable clothing for mechanics
and workingmen is now sold. The trade in this line has grown
to be а distinct branch of industry and this clothing is now made
up witha degree of care and taste which results in a very different
article from that obtainable twenty years ago. А leading house
devoted to this branch of trade in Terre Haute is that of Zimmer-
man & Stahl, which was founded in 1871 by С. Zimmerman, who
was succeeded in 1857 by Zimmerman & Stahl, and has "been
conducted under the sole proprietorship of Mr. С. Stahl since
1888, the former firm name, however, being retained. The factor
is embraced in a three-story brick building 28x150 feet in dime:
sions, which is equipped’ with cutting and sewing machines,
operated by an electric motor, and furnishes employment to about
two hundred and seventy operatives. The products consist of
overalls, shirts, drawers, and pants, for workingmen’s use, and
they are distinguished for the reliable character of the materials
used, careful workmanship, durability of wearing properties and
general excellence, and are everywhere recognized as the very best
class of goods of the kind, while at the same time the prices are
as low as is possible to be obtained elsewhere. Indeed, this has
been the aim of the management from the inception of the busi-
ness—the production of а line of goods which should be both
cheap and thoroughly serviceable. The trade of the house extends
throughout the central, western, and eastern States and is annu-
ally increasing in volume and the products are in great favor with
both the trade and consumers. Mr. Stahl is a progressive and
enterprising business man and is widely known to the trade, and
по house in the city excels this one in the character of its product
or the fair and liberal business policy which governs all its trans-
actions.

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WYETH & WYETH,
Bottlers of Soda, Ginger Ale, Cider, etc., 215 Canal
Street.

‘The manufacture of carbonated beverages has of late years Ъе-
come a large and important commercial pursuit, well represented
in all large cities, and a leading and reliable concern in Terre
Наше engaged in it is that of Mr. Jas. Е. Wyeth and his son
Charles Wyeth, which was established in 1884, and has since been
conducted with uniform success and influence, resulting in build-
ing up а trade that extends throughout a large part of Indiana
and Питобв. The headquarters of the business are embraced in a
one story frame factory, which is equipped with a 4-horse power
steam engine and a carbonating machine and generator which is
the finest machine of the kind in the State, being silver lined,
thus absolutely insuring the wholesome character of all the bever-
ages produced by its means. The products of the works embrace
soda and mineral waters, ginger ale and tonic beers, cider, ete.,
which are furnished to the trade in bottles and siphons. "Бойд
fountains are also charged for the use of druggists, confectioners
and others. Absolute purity is secured in all the products, and all
the extracts, syrups and other ingredients used by the firm are
made under their personal direction, resulting in a product that
has found great favor with familie, restuarants, and the trade
generally. Тве members of the firm are both widely known to
the trade as progressive business men, and the beverages manu-
factured by them are everywhere recognized as the best in the
market, while their business policy has always been marked for
liberal and fair dealing.

REESE, SNIDER & CO.,
Lumber Dealers, 537 N. Seventh Street.

This enterprise was established in 1873, by Eshman & Reese,
and was conducted by them until 1885, when the present fi
consisting of Messrs. С. Eshman, S. T. Reese, R. Snider and Win,
Heckelsberg was formed, the former gentleman residing in Cali-
fornia and the others being residents of Terre Haute and the
fictive managers of the business. The facilities of the house em-
brace the handling of all kinds of rough and dressed lumber for
building purposes, sash, doors, blinds, mouldings and builders’
inside finish, lath and shingles, fence posts, pickets, etc, and the
stock carried is well-seasoned and complete in all particulars. АП
lumber is received direct from manufacturers and first hands in
large quantities, and is furnished to the trade and consumers at
lowest prices. Те yards adjoin the tracks of the Vandalia rail
road, affording the best facilities for the economical receipt and
shipment of stock, and commodious storehouse and yards furnish
all the requirements of a full supply. The trade of the house,
which is both wholesale and retail, extends throughout Vigo, Sul-
Jivan, Parke and Clay counties and those of Ilinois adjoining,
and the firm has always been a favorite one in this market. Every

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE. s9

advantage and accommodation known to the most advanced
houses in the trade is afforded customers of this house, and its
high repute and liberal business policy maintained for over seven-
teen years is the best evidence of its popularity and stabilit

Н. GRAHAM,
Florist and Rose Crower, 1502 S. Fifteenth Street.
The business of the florist is one, the details of which are but
little known to the general publie, and is one, too, requiring for
its success а skill and experience that are only attained in their
perfection by years of study and investigation, Мапу florists
are such only in name, the flowers handled being largely procured
from those true florists whose skill enables them to grow flowers
successfully and profitably. Terre Наше is fortunate in the pos-
session of the enterprise of Mr. Н. Graham, who is one of the
most extensive growers of roses and other flowers and plants in
the State. He comes from a family of florists, and has been de-
voted to the culture of flowers for over a quarter of a century,
having entered the profession as а boy of fifteen. He established
his-green-houses in this city in 1880, and during the ten years
that have since elapsed, has inereaced his facilities from a glass
area of 1,100 square feet until now he has 6,000 square feet gi
covered hot-houses, a fact that is the best evidence of his suc-
cessful endeavors in this beautiful field of industry. The green-
houses are located in the south-eastern section of the city, where
grounds covering two and one-half acres are occupied. А wind-
power mill furnishes the water required, and all other facilities
‘are at hand for the conduct of the enterprise upon scientific and
orderly methods. Mr. Graham grows all kinds of flowers, rare
plants and bedding plants, making а specialty of roses, of which

his stock is the largest and most assorted in the city. | Roses are
the most difficult of all flowers to produce in quantity and рег.
fection, but an inspection of Mr. Graham’s green-houses would

lead one to suppose they were the most easily cultivated, since
they are here to be seen in an infinite variety of colors and sizes,
from the small and fragrant primrose to the magnificent and
famed Marechal Niel. «Mr. Graham is prepared at all times to
furnish cut flowers, bouquets, floral designs and floral decorations
for weddings, parties, dinners, receptions, funerals, ete., as well as
plants for private conservatories or for bedding. This season his
stock of Hydrangias in bloom would delight the heart of any
lover of flowers, and it contained by far a larger number of plants
than could be found in all other green-houses in this vicinity.
Fesides supplying lage local trade at retail, Mr, Graham alo
has а large wholesale trade, especially in roses, extending through-
out this and the neighboring States, large quantities being ship-
ped daily to Chicago during the season. With large experience,
ample facilities, and a born love for the art, Mr. G1 has
made his enterprise popular with both private patrons and the
trade, among whom the enterprise is regarded as a most desirable
one with which to form pleasant relations.

90 THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

Е. Т. HAZLEDINE.
Oil and Gas Well Work, Architectural Iron and Ма-
chine Work, Corner First and Poplar Streets.
‘The use of iron for building purposes is annually becoming
more important, and this branch of trade is well represented in
this city by Mr. Е. T. Hazledine, who established his enterprise
in 1887, and has since built up а trade for his products which ex-
tends throughout a large part of Indiana and Illinois, and
annually increasing in volume. The works are embraced in th
ground floor of the building located as above indicated, and are
equipped with all necessary machinery, operated by а 6-horse
power engine, employment being given to a number of skilled
mechanics, all of whose operations are conducted under the per-
sonal supervision of the proprietor, who is а practical and expert

iron worker. The products of the house consist of all kinds of
architectural iron work, castings, balconies, iron fencing, and
blacksmithing and jobbing of all Kinds. Specialties are made in
oil and gas well work, repairing machinery, ete., and in the man-
ufacture of Hawkins” patent Nail Puller, the latter being a very
simple and useful device for withdrawing nails from boxes, cases,
etc., without, marring the cases or endangering the breaking of
contents. Those contemplating building contracts or requiring
fencing, railings, or other iron work, should not overlook the fact
that Mr. Hazledine is prepared with all facilities for supplyin
everything in this line, and in conclusion, we can assure our read-
ers that relations entered into with this house are sure to prove
pleasant and satisfactory

GREINER SHOE MANUFACTURING СО.,
Manufacturers of Ladies’ Fine Shoes, 8th and Wa-
bash Streets.

A leading representative of the industrial growth of Terre Haute
is the Greiner Shoe Manufacturing Co., incorporated in 1889 with
а paid up capital stock of $15,000—as successor to the business
established in 1884 by Mr. D. C. Greiner. Тһе company’s plant
is embraced in a one story brick building 25X100 feet in dimen-

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE. a

sions which is equipped with a 5-horse power electric motor and
all other necessary machinery and furnishes employment to about
twenty-five operatives. The products of the factory consist ex-
clusively of ladies’ fine shoes and slippers, which are made in all
the fashionable and leading styles and shape to suit the trade, and
varying in price from $18 to $24 per dozen, the out-put of the fac-
tory being ten to twelve dozen pairs daily. ‘The trade of the house
extends throughout the central western States and is annually in-
creasing in volume. Тһе company offers the trade in thisseetion
the advantages of promptness in filling orders by reason of conti-
guity to the territory and excellent transportation facilities by
the numerous lines ОГ railroad centering here; which added to
the unfailing excellence of the goods manufactured have ren-
dered the name of the Greiner Shoe Manufacturing Co. a guaran-
tee of superiority. The officers of the company are Messrs. D. С.
Greiner, Pres; J. В. Greiner, Secy., and Jacob Baur, Treas; all
progressive and alert business men and thoroughly identified with
all movements tending to the advance of Terre Наше and the
augmentation of her material interests. Mr. D. C. Greiner is also
Postmaster of Terre Haute. We commend the company to the
trade with the assurance that the relations entered into with it
will prove mutual, pleasant, permanent and profitable.

PIERSON & BRO.,

Dealers in Lumber, Sash, Doors, Blinds, etc.,
210 and 212 Canal Str
‘The trade in lumber is one of the most important commercial
resources of all cities, and is well represented in this city by
Messrs. Pierson & Bro., who are extensive wholesale and retail
dealers in all kinds of building lumber and hard woods, as well
as sash, doors, blinds, shingles, lath, moulding, ete., builders’ in-
side finish, ete. The stock carried is ample so that all orders are
filled with dispatch, and as much of their stock is manufactured
expressly for their trade, they are really in the same position to
their patrons as if they were producers, with the additional ad-
vantage of carrying а more varied assortment than any single
manufacturer could do. The trade of the house, in addition to a
large patronage in the city and vicinity, also extends throughout
a large portion of Indiana and Illinois and shipments of hard-
woods obtained in the vieinity are made to New York and other
eastern points. The firm handles about $50,000 worth of lumber
and their trade is steadily increasing. The premises
cover an area of 75x200 feet and are located on the rail-
ities for’ receipt and shipment
without rehandling, and a two-story brick warehouse and other
building provide necessary storage. This house was founded in
1888, by Messrs. Moses and Isaac Т. Pierson, both well-known
citizens and progressive business men. Handling only the best
qualities of lumber at reasonable prices this firm is in a position

to entirely satisfy all demands that may be made upon it.

92 THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE,

REIMAN & STEEG,

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Masons’ Building
Materials, Flour and Feed, etc., 901 and 903
Wabash Ave.

‘The commercial interests of Terre Haute comprise no more im-
portant and substantial factor of conservative growth than that of
the trade in masons’ building materials. The most prominent and
oldest house engaged in this industry here is that of Messrs. Rei-
man & Steeg, which was established in 1856 by Messrs. А. and Е.
Reiman ; the present firm having sueceeded to the business in 1880,
and during all these years it has borne a prominent part in the
supply of materiale from which the magnificent and extensive
public and private edifices of the city have heen constructed,
With headquarters embraced in а two-story brick warehouse and
a storehouse adjoining the tracks of the railroad system of the
city, the firm is in possession of all necessary facilities for the
supply of lime, plaster, hair, chimney tops, roofing and sheathing
paper, fire brick, sewer pipe, flue pipe, flue linings, cement, lath,
and building materials of ай име, in any desired quantities, and
their stock at all times is large and complete and is offered at
lowest possible prices. The firm also handle flour and feed, the
latter being a specialty. The trade of the house extends through-
out a large part of Indiana and Illinois and is also largely local at
both wholesale and retail. Both members of the firm, Messrs. Е. Rei-
man and Н. С. Steeg, are well-known and esteemed citizens and
progressive business men, Mr. Reiman being also actively inter-
ested in loan and building associations of several of which he is
financial secretary. The house is an important one and is widely
recognized as fully maintaining the high standard that has аа)
characterized its operations from the outset.

TERRE HAUTE PRODUCE COMPANY,

Shippers of Butter, Eggs, Poultry and Game, Main
Street, Opposite Wabash Mills.
The facilities afforded by Terre Haute for the transaction of the
produce business by reason of the numerous and far-reaching lines
nd the contiguity of the city to unsurpassed pro-
ducing localities are particularly favorable, and have resulted in
the acquisition by the above named company of an extensive and
rapidly growing business. The Terre Haute Produce Company
was organized July 8, 1889, by its present proprietors, Messrs.
Eckerle and Dick Holli Дъ and. succeeded to, the bus
у у, the enterprise having
been originally established as a branch ОГ ап Indianapolis house.
The facilities of the firm embrace a two-story and basement briek
warehouse, a large and convenient poultry yard, iee-house, stables,
ete., which are located adjacent to а branch of the railroad system
of the city, affording the most convenient opportunities for shi
ment. The premises are supplied with cold storage, receiving and
ipping rooms, office, ete., and employment is given to from

THE INDUSTRI.

ES OF TERRE HAUTE. 98

thirty-five to forty assistants during the season, The firm are
buyers and shipper of butter, eggs, poultry and game; the chief
specialties being poultry and ogg.’ Poultry is purchased live and
with the exception of geese and ducks, is dressed on the premises,
jacked in fee and shipped to the New York market in car load
ots. Geese and ducks are shipped live in соору to the same
market. The greatest care is taken in the selection of stock in all
lines and the connections of the firm with producers are such
that the sources of supply аге practically unlimited. The trade
of the house is entirely with New York, and shipments average
about three ear loads amounting during the year in the

gate {о а very large sum and adding greatly to the commer-
cial resources of the city. The members of the firm are both
active and pı ive business men and closely allied to the de-
velopment of the progress of Terre Haute. The house is eminently
a reliable one and as such is entitled to the fullest confidence of
all interested and may be quoted as the leading produce firm in
the Wabash valley.

RIPLEY & DENNING,

Excelsior Stone and Monumental Works, 29 South
Second Street.

‘The Excelsior Monumental Works of Messrs. Ripley & Den-
ning is a recent addition tothe trade resources of the city, having
been founded in February of the present year. Notwithstanding
youth, however, it has already made its influence felt in the
community, and by reason of its liberal and fair dealing business
policy is rapidly attracting that share of public support its facili-
ties and skillful management justly entitles it. The firm are
fully prepared to execute all orders for stone or monumental
work in the highest style of the art
and at reasonable prices. The facil
ties embrace a centrally located shop
where specimens of the work accom-
plished тау be inspected, and draw-
ingsand designs will be prepared after
any desired suggestions. The firm are
now engaged on a handsome and artis-
tie granite monument for Mr. Aquilla
Rogers, to be erected in Highland Lawn
Cemetery, which, when completed, will
compare ‘favorably with any other
similar monument erected ћете, The
members of the firm are С. I. Ripley
and John P. Denning, the former being the business manager and
the latter being, the practical man of the firm. Ar. Ripley was
formerly a member of the firm of Wagner & Ripley, and was en-
gaged in the same business for about fifteen years, during which
time Ве was well known to the public. АЙ contracts entered
into by this house will be faithfully executed and in а manner

both artistic and workmanlike.

э THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

EUCENE DUENWEG, Agent,
Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co., Sixth Street and Van-
dalia Railroad.

Though the brewing of lager beer is carried on in this city by
only one concern, the facilities afforded the trade for obtaining
the very best products of the kind in the country are by no means
limited, as will be seen by reference to the agency of the world-
renowned Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company, of Milwaukee, lo-
cated here under the experienced and competent management of
Mr. Eugene Duenweg, who has conducted it for the past eleven
years, with constantly increasing success, and also occupies the
important position of inspector of the company’s agencies, which
necessitates his traveling a large part of the time. The company
has a two-story cold storage warehouse and bottling department,
located on the line of the Vandalia railroad at Sixth street, where
the beer is received direct in refrigerator cars and unloaded with-
out re-handling, the capacity of the warehouse being equal to
about five carloads. From here the beer ie delivered by wagon
to the city and vicinity trade, and is also shipped to points in
this State and Ilinois. Beer is also bottled here for family use,
hotels and restaurants, and is delivered to all parts of the city in
cases of one and two dozen quarts or two dozen pints. Concer
ing the quality of this company’s product, it is hardly necessa
to make mention, since it is everywhere recognized as the perfec-
tion of lager beer, and is in demand in all parts of the country as
well as abroad by discriminating consumers, its aunnal out-put of
500,000 barrels being the best evidence of the favor in which it is
зо widely held.

KEITH & CO.,
Grain, Hay and Provision Commission Merchant:
Office, Room 4, McKeen Block,

An importatnt feature in the trade accommodations of Terre
Haute is the commission brokerage office of Messrs. Keith « Co.,
which was founded in 1873 by Mr. Е. F. Keith, who was joined
їп 1886 by Mr. Т. A. Mosher. ` They occupy commodious ‘offices
provided with every facility for the transaction of business, in-
cluding large bulletin boards upon which the fluctuations in prices,
latest quotations, movement of crops, state of the market, ete.,
in all the principal cities of the country are announced at brief
intervals during business hours, affording investors a full knowl-
edge of the markets. The operations of the firm include the
purchase or sale of grain, hay and provisions for cash or future
delivery on margin, and the largest orders are executed by tele-
graph through correspondents at the various principal exchanges,
enabling the patron to operate on the market with the same
facility as # Һе were on the flor of the several exchanges in per
son. Only the usual small commission charged by brokers is
demanded for the firm's services, and their customers are num-
bered among the most prominent capitalists and business men of
this vicinity. The firm also handle grain and hay in round car-
load lots, which is shipped chiefly to the Eastern market.

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

96 THE,INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

COAL BLUFF MINING COMPANY,

Miners and Shippers of Fontanet Steam and Indiana
Block Coal, Office 515 Ohio Street.

Itis tothe cheapnessand qual-
ity of coal that the manufactur-
ing and transportation interests
of а community are largely in-
debted for their advance and
prosperity, and no concern in
this section has accomplished
more, as regards its facilities,
for furnishing a high grade of
Ком, than has the Coal Blut

has since developed а 1
and growing trade extending
throughout the North-west. The
mines of the company are locat-
ed inVigoand Clay countiesand
are seven in number. They are

provided with a complete equipment, including the most modern

mining machinery and have a daily out-put of 1,000 tons, furnish-
ing employment {о 500 operatives. The veins of coal are of profit-
able thickness and their block coal is entirely free from slat

free burning, makes no clinkers, and is unsurpassed for smelting

and domestic purposes. Their steam coal from their Fontanet

mines is in active demand for railroad purposes, the quantity of
fixed carbon in it being more than usually apparent. The facil-
ities at hand for placing the product on the market ‘are particu-
larly favorable and their block coal is disposed of almost wholly
in Terre Haute and Chicago. There is no doubt that the influ-
ence of these valuable beds of mineral wealth are destined to
advance in prominence among the most celebrated in this section,
The officers of the company are J. Smith Talley, President and
General Manager; R. W. Rippetoe, Vice President and Assistant
eral Manager; W. Е Eppert, Secretary, and Leslie D. Thomas,
ürer; all progressive business men, clearly identified

the industrial advancement of th The prosperity of this

company is intimately connected with those who depend upon it

for the enhancement of their interests and the community at
large has the greatest stake in its.cause, success and well-being.

CHRIST. STARK,
Steam Bottling Works, 200 South Ninth Street.

‘The oldest and most important enterprise of its kind in Terre
Haute is the steam bottling works of Mr. Christopher Stark, which
was originally established in 1867 by Millfield & Stark, but is now

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE. 97

conducted under the sole proprietorship of Mr. Stark. The man-
ufacturing plant is embraced in a one-story brick building 20> 60
feet in dimensions, with a recently erected annex 14X45 feet. It
is equipped with a 15-horse power steam engine and all necessary
bottling machinery, generators, ete., of the most improved char-
acter, and the products embrace all kinds of carbonated beverages
of a non-alcoholic character, including soda and mineral waters,
ginger ale, champagne cider, root and tonic beers, ete; and a
speciality is made in changing soda fountains for the use of drug-
gists, confectioners and others, this being the only house in the
city making а feature of this department of the business. Mr.
Stark also manufactures all his own syrups, flavors and other
ingredients used in the manufacture of carbonated beverages,
thereby insuring their purity, and every care is taken in all the
processes of manufacture to secure the highest quality of product.

Ве trade of the house extends throughout a considerable portion
of Indiana and Ilinois and is also largely with Terre Haute mer-
chants, requiring the utilization of two wagons for delivery
purposes. Мг. Stark is a well-known and esteemed citizen and
an enterprising and progressive business man, fully meriting his
annually increasing success and his house is а useful and prom-
inent feature of the industrial resources of Terre Haute.

TERRE HAUTE CAR AND MANUFACTURING CO.,
Manufacturers of Railroad Cars, Car Wheels
and Machinery.

Any person familiar with the city of Terre Haute а third of a
century ago or more, will remember the small plant and equip-
ment of the foundry’ which has since developed into the splendid
enterprise of the Тетте Haute Car and Manufacturing Compan:
‘The company was incorporated July 19, 1875. In 1887 the works
were destroyed by fire, but were immediately rebuilt and placed
upon a better basis than ever before. The plant is located in the
south-eastern part of the city and covers an area of twenty-six
acres, the buildings being chiefly one story in height and iron
clad.’ Three miles of standard gauge track traverse the yards in
every directiom and the shops are so arranged as to necessitate the
Teast possible re-handling of the various parts of the cars until
they meet at the erecting-shop, which has an area of 40,000 square
feet, and has space for ten cars; the annual out-put being about
3,000 cars. Six hundred workmen are employed in the works
and the out-put embraces every description of railroad cars except
passenger cars, and a leading specialty is the manufacture of the
Barr's patent process car wheels of which about $000are annually
produced beyond what is required for their own uses. These
wheels are made with а chilled iron rim which is afterward
ground trae upon an emery wheel, rendering them particularly
durable and desirable. The officers of the company are Messrs.
Jas. Seath, President; Lewis J. Cox, Vice-president and Treas-
urer; G. W. Gillespie, Secretary, and В. Г. Cox Superintendent.

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98 THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

J. N. HICKMAN,

White Sewing Мас

[утә

ез, 306 Мат Street,

Noother sewing machine
| bas ever attained so great

popularity in this market
as has the White Sewing
Machine, which under the
able and pushing manage-
tent of Mr.J. Х Hickman
has come to be a how
hold necessity throughout
this city and vicinity, as
its inherent merits so emi-
nently deserve it should
Mr. Hickman opened his

wing machine warerooms
in Terre Haute about a
dozen years ago, and from
amodest beginning has de-
veloped an extensive busi-
ness, until today his es-
tablishment is by far the
largest devoted to this line
inthe city. He occupiesa
four-story building, 18x80
feet in dimensions, the
ground floor being used for
ware roomsand show room,
and the upper floors for
storage and repair shop.
Besides the sales made
from ‘the store, a dozen
wagons are kept constantly
fon the road, and local
agents in the adjoining
towns of this State and
Illinois also procure all
their supplies from this
headquarters. Concerning
the merits of ће admira-
ble White Machines, too
much cannot be said, since

they embrace all the latest improvements that go to make up a

erfect and easy running fami

facturing purposes they have few, if any, equal

Е ned in the trade is the just reward of ener-
tic and progressive methods, and to his pushing and fair deal
ba he city is indebted for this valu

Mr, Hickman has att:

usines policy
her trade resources.

sewing machine, while for manu-

‘The success

nable feature of

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE. 99

SAMUEL FRANK,
Manufacturer of Pants, Overalls, Shirts, etc., 17
S. Fifth Street.

The manufacture of serviceable working clothes for farmers,
mechanics, and others, has come to bean important feature of
industries of Terre Haute, and the oldest concern of the kind in
the city, and one of the pioneers in the trade in Indiana is that
of Mr. Samuel Frank, which he instituted in 1878, and has since
conducted with annually increasing success and infiuence. The
facilities of the house embrace the occupancy of а four-story and
basement building 25X150 feet in dimensions, which is equipped
with all necessary sewing machines, elevator, ete., operated by
electric power, employment being furnished to eighty operatives
in the factory, besides which, about two hundred others are pro-
vided with work at their own homes. The products of the house
are pants, overalls, shirts, drawers, ete., for workingmen, all of
which are manufactured in the most careful manner from reliable
materials and are warranted to give the most satisfactory wear.
‘The out-put is about 500 dozen garments weekly, which are sold
to the jobbing trade only, and are in active demand throughout
the United States generally. The enterprise is one of the most
prosperous of the kind in the State, and its high reputation,
gained by the uniform reliability and good quality of its out-put,
is not excelled by that of any oiher. Mr. Frank is а progressive
manufacturer, esteemed by the trade, and his business policy is
based upon honorable and fair dealing to all.

HENRY MEYER,

Wholesale Dealer in Wines and Liquors, 705 and
707 Wabash Avenue.

А leading and important house in the wholesale wine and
liquor trade is that of Mr. Henry Meyer, which he founded Au-
gust 7, 1884. His premises are comprised in two floors, where the
stock carried embraces a large and well-selected variety of fine
Kentucky whiskies, domestic and imported wines, liquors, bran-
dies апд cordials, all of which are supplied to the trade in orig-
inal packages, and at lowest t rates. Mr. Meyer has always
made a specialty of the importation of fine wines, and handling
California wines, both in bulk and in bottles, and his sales of
Rhine wines and California wines are greater than those of any
other house in Western Indiana. The trade of the house extends
throughout a large section af this State and Ilinois, and the uni-
form reliability and high quality of all goods handled have given
it a reputation among ‘dealers that is as enviable ак it is promi-
nent. Mr. Meyer makes frequent trips in person among his trade,
giving dealers the satisfaction of doing business with the princi-
pal, and thus avoiding all errors or misunderstandings. He is a

yushing business man, in the prime of his usefulness, and hisaim
is toafford the most advanced accommodations in his line of trade.

100 THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

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THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE. 101

CLOBE MEDICINE Co.,

Manufacturers of Hollingsworth’s Treatment for
Catarrh, Colds, Hay Fever and Asthma, and Brunk-

er’s Carminative Balsam, 23 $. Sixth Street.

From the perusal of a little pamphlet issued by the Globe Med-
icine Co., of this city, entitled, “ A Treatise on the Nature, Cause
and Treatment of Colds, Catarrh, Hay Fever and Asthma,” and
noting the nnmerous published letters from well-known citizens
of this and other loca! it would seem that the Globe Medi-
cine Co. has, beyond question, reached the only rational means of
cure for these most disagreeable and tenacious diseases above
named. This cure consists of a course of treatment, varying in
character with the several maladies, and which is collectively
nown as the “Hollingsworth Treatment.” The Globe Medi-
ine Co. guarantee a cure to those sufferers who will faithfully
carry out the instructions with regard to the use of their medi-
cines, and hundreds have already been permanently relieved by
so doing, after having, in many cases, spent much time and
money unavailingly. Besides the manufacture of “ Hollings-
worth’s Treatment ” the company also manufactures “ Branker’s
Carminative Balsam,” an unexeelled remedy for summer com-
plaint, cholera morbus, cramp colic, ete. This company was in-
corporated in January, 1889, and is fast introducing its remedies
to the publie throughout the United States. Its executive offi-
cers are Messrs. В. M. Hollingsworth, President, and $. С. Me
Keen, Secretary and Treasurer, and its Stockholders are made up
of the most substantial and honored citizens of Terre Haute.
While the character of this volume does not permit of our going
into all the details of the marvelous work in which this com-
pany is engaged, it is not beyond our province to advise such of
our readers as may be afflicted with catarrh or any of its kindred
diseases, to send to this company for the treatise above men-
tioned, and to carefully read its contents.

TERRE HAUTE CARPET HALL.
Edward M. Walmsley, 309 Wabash Ave.

The Terre Haute Carpet Hall may besaid to bean important land-
mark in the development of the commerce of this city. It was
founded in 18, by the late Mr. L. Ryce, and has since enj
an uninterrupted career of nearly half a century. Its fou
was one of the pioneer business теп, and а man of remarkable
foresight and energy, and became widely known for these qualities
as well as for his marked integrity and honorable principles. In
1870 the firm of Ryce & Walmsley was formed, and at the de-
mise of the founder, in 1881, Mr. Edward М. Walmsley became
the successor and sole proprietor of the business. Features of this
enterprise are its long occupancy of one location and the length
of the service of its employés, some of them having been with
the house continuously for over thirty-five years, yet withal it is

102 THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

fully abreast of the times in all of the attributes of enterprise,
push and new and reliable goods, and though the‘oldest house of
the kind in Terre Haute, no other house in the city or perhaps
State carries so large а stock of new goods-and has so few unde
able or old style patterns. The aim of the management has
always been to keep only stich goods as could be warranted just as
represented, and the high reputation gained anid maintained has
resulted іп а trade of such magnitude ав to utterly prevent the
accumulation of old patterns. The warerooms, embraced in а
three-story and basement building, are the largest in the city used
for the purpose. The stock carried embraces all the latest pat-
terns and styles in fine carpets rugs, mattings, wall paper, curtains,
draperies, portieries, upholstering goods, etc., all of which are
procured direct from manufacturers and are sold at lowest possible
prices. The assortment and styles in all lines is large and com-
plete, and the facilities of the house are such that orders are
promptly filled and in the most satisfactory manner. Те trade
of the house is by no means confined to the city, but extends
throughout а circuit of seventy-five miles, and is still annually
increasing in volume. Mr. Walmsley is ап experienced business
man, a courteous gentleman and a public spirited citizen, and is
well fitted to maintain the honorable record which for so many
years has been a part and parcel of the old and well-known Terre
Наше Carpet Hall.

PRAIRIE CITY BANK,
14 South Sixth Street.

Under the nominal title of the Prairie City Bank, Mr. John 8.
Beach has for a number of years conducted a banking business,
which forms an important feature of the financial facilities and
resourcesof Terre Наше. The enterprise, which is the direct suc-
cessor of the old state bank of the same name, organized in 1852, has
Tong occupied a high rank among the sound and reliable fiduciary
institutions of Indiana. А regular ‘banking business is conducted,
accounts of merchants, manufacturers and capitalists are carried,
loans and discounts are made, collections undertaken and drafts
issued on the principal cities of the country as well as abroad.
‘The chief correspondents of the bank are the Chemical National
Bank of New York, and the North-western National Bank, of
Chicago, and foreign exchange is handled through the banking
house of Messrs. Knauth, Nachod & Kuhne. Mr. Beach is one of
the most prominent and substantial of Terre Haute’s active busi-
ness men ; he isa large holder of centrally located productive real
estate, Те dhe Treasurer and one of the founders of the Terre Haute
Savings Bank and is also prominently identified with other mat-
ters conducive to the development of the city. His bank has
always been noted for its prompt and energetic yet conservative
management, and has done much to enhance ‘the welfare and
advancement of this city judicious fostering of all meri-
torious industrial endeav

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE. 103

А. Е. HERMAN,

Manufacturer of Fine Carriages, 1001 to 1007 Wa-
bash Avenue and 2 to 22 Tenth Street.

‘One of the most important and representative houses of the
carriage-building industry of Indiana is the establishment of Mr.
А. E. Herman, which was instituted in 1886. The manufactur-
plant consists of a three-story brick factory, 60150 feet in
dimensions, which is fully equipped with all necessary tools and
appliances, operated by а steam engine, and employment is fur-
nished to about thirty skilled workmen. The productions of the
house consist of but one-quality of carriages, and that quality
is the very best, the reputation of the house for the excellence of
its out-put being excelled by none others here ог elsewhere. The
products embrace light and heavy carriages, buggies, phaetons,

Jandaus, coupés, etc., and made in all the leading and fashiona-
ble styles and warranted to be equal in workmanship, finish and
juality of materials to any made in the country. А specialty of
the house is a pallbearers’ cab, upon which patents are pending,
and which is a novelty in the carriage-building trade that is un-
doubtedly destined to meet with a large and growing demand.
This cab is similar in appearance and finish to an ordinary cab,
except that it is much larger, having accommodations for eight
спрега instead of four, and as its name indicates, is designed
for funeral purposes, as well as for carrying parties of eight persons
for other occasions. ` It isa very superior vehicle, handsomely fin-
ished and durably made, and is designed for a high-class trade.
‘The products of the house are shipped to various parts of the
country, and а large demand for light work is supplied locally
and in this vicinity. Mr. Herman is a practical and experienced
manufacturer, and was formerly engaged in the same line of bus-
iness at Ravenna, Ohio. Не gives his close personal supervision
to all the operations of the business, in the interest of his patrons,
and the success already attained gives abundant promise of in-
crease in the future.

104 THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

Н. ALFREY,

Manufacturer of Tight-Barrel Circular Heading,
Crawfordsville, Works and Main Office, E. College
Street, near Junction. Terre Haute Works,
near Union Depot.

‘The heading-works of Mr. Н. Alfrey occupies the distinction of
being the largest enterprise of the kind in the world. It was
originally established by its present proprietor at Muncie, Ind.,
in 1872, was removed to Anderson, Ind., їп 1878, and from there
to Noblesville, Ind., in 1876. In 1879 it was removed to Indian-
apolis, and їп 1889 to Crawfordsville, Ind., where the main office
and works are still maintained ; the Terre Haute works having
been instituted in the spring of 1889. Тһе plant in this city
covers an area of about six acres, upon which are erected a nun
ber of frame buildings fully equipped with spec

and operated by three steam engines of an aggregate of 160-horse
power. Large yards for storing material surround the manufac-
turing department, and numerons side-tracks enter the premises,
affording the most complete facilities for loading and unloading the
raw materials and the finished product. The plant at Crawfords-
ville is of about the same dimensions, and at the two establish-
ments and in obtaining the lumber from the forests about three
hundred workmen are given steady employment. The product
is exclusively tight-barrel circle heading for whisky, wine and
pickle barrels and oil and pork barrels and tierces, and the
out-put of the two plants is about 13,000 heads per day, which
are distributed to the trade throughout the United States, АП
heading is made from white oak, and the perfect and ingenious
machinery, unsurpassed facilities and system and order with which
the enterprise is conducted, have combined to so reduce the cost
of produetion as to enable the house to afford the trade the
greatest advantages in quality and cost of the produet, Ме АЕ
беу is a progressive and practical manufacturer, and well and
widely known to the trade. His enterprise is a valuable acces-
sion to the industrial resources of Terre Haute, and the success
it has met with is the result of well directed effort and enterpris-
ing management.

THE PANTS MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
Manufacturers of Jeans, Cassimere and Woolen
Pants, 644 Wabash Avenue.

This enterprise, of which Messrs. Edwin O'Boyle and Мах

Frank are the proprietors, was founded in 1883, by Schloss & Co.,
the present firm succeeding to the business in 1887. The house

is one of the oldest of its kind in this section, as well as one of
the largest, its production averaging about thirty dozen pairs of
pants d; he premises occupied for the business consist of a

three-story brick building, 20% 150 feet in dimensions, which is

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE. 105

equipped with all necessary sewing machines, elevator, ete., oper-
ated by an electric motor, employment being furnished on the
premises to seventy-five operatives, besides which others are em-
ployed at their own homes. The firm manufacture jeans, eassi-
mete, cottonade and woolen pants for farmers, workingmen, me-
chanics and others, and make the best class of goods of the kind
produced in the city, sales being made to the jobbing trade only,
and the product being shipped chiefly to Ohio, Pennsylvani
Virginia, and the Northwest, where it stands in the highest favor.
‘The facilities and advantages possessed by the firm enable them
to fill all orders promptly, and the excellent transportation facili-
ties render the house an advantageous one with which to enter
into business relations.

SAMUEL С. BARKER,

Wholesale Dealer in Wines and Liquors, 664 Wa-
bash Avenue. +

‘One of the most important rep-
resentatives of the liquor trade
in Terre Haute is Mr. S. С.
Barker, who established his
house in 1876. He is a gentle-
man of large experience in the
business, widely known to the
trade, and possesses the best pos-
sible facilities, embracing а cen-
trally located store having three
floors and а basement, where ће
carries large and complete stock
of choice wines and liquors, i
cluding the most celebrated
brands of French champagnes,
red wines and brandies, sherries
and ports, German wines, Hol-
land gins, Swiss cordials, Scotch
and Irish whiskiesand the prod-
ucts of American vineyards and
distilleries. The chief specialty
3 of the house is the handling of
high-grade Pennsylvania and
Maryland Rye and Kentucky Bourbon whiskies of approved age
and flavor, and no other housein the state is better supplied than
is this опе. These goods are sold either free or in bond, large
quantities being allowed to remain in the bonded warehouses of
the states where manufactured until required for the demands of
the trade. Mr. Barker also carries a large and complete stock of
cigars and tobaccos. This enterprise is conducted upon a business
policy fully in accord with that class of houses which do a con-
scientious business and invariably give every customer full value
for his money.

106 THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

Е. М. WATSON,
Dealer in Agricultural Implements, Farm Wagons,
Buggies, etc., 18 and 20 S. Third Street.

Watson was in-
stituted in 1877 by Jas. Е. McCandless & Co., and has
been conducted under its present management since 1885. The
premises are comprised in а three-story warehouse, 30X100 feet
in dimensions,

with storage
sheds in the rear
in addition for
machinery. The
stock embraces
the celebrated
light-draft Em-
pire Self-binding
farvesting Ma-

chine, which
combines effi-

cieney, ease of manage-
ment апд durability,
with economy in first
cost; the Peoria Corn-
planter, the Indianapo-
lis Сога Planter, the
Bradley, Champion and
Hamilion Plows, the
Hamilton Adjustable-
Arch Combined Riding
Cultivator, the Hamil-

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE. 107

ton Rake and the Long & Allstatter Co.'s Hay, Straw and Fodder
Cutters, as well as grinding mills, horsepowers, and carriages,
buggies, phaetons and general purpose wagons, as well as light
and heavy farm wagons. A call will convince the farmer that
Mr, Watson can supply everything in the above line required,
and of а quality and at prices that will insure perfect satisfaction.

TOWNLEY STOVE СО.

Importers of Tinplates, Dealers in Tinners’ Supplies,
Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces, House Furnishing
Goods, and Manufacturers of Tinware,

609 Wabash Avenue.

Among the largest and most prominent establishments in
‘Terre Haute, devoted to the above-named branch of commercial
industry, that of the Townley Stove Company occupies the lead-
ing position. This house was established in 1878 by Townley
Bros., and incorporated in 1888 as the Townley Stove Company.
‘The premises occupied consists of a three-story britk buildin,
40X160 feet in dimensions, the first floor of which is used as sales-
room, and the upper floors of theirs and an adjoining building
for storage and manufacturing purposes. Та the tinware manu-
facturing department upwards of twenty-five skilled workmen
are employed. The firm have the largesi n the city
for house furnishing goods and they сапу а stock embracing
every article in their line for furnishing the most humble cottage
as well as the scullery of the most elegant mansion. The store
of this firm is handsomely fitted up and is filled to overflowing
‘with a complete line of goods, among which we make mention of
the Acorn Stoves, Townley Stoves, Steel Ranges, Cook Stoves,
Heating Stoves, Refrigerators, Calder's Oil Stove, Gas Stoves for
heating and cooking, Artistic Wood Mantels and Grates, Tile
Hearths, Kitchen Furnishing Goods, Roofing and Guttering, Tin
and Sheet Iron Working, Pasteur Germ Proof Water Filters, and
dealers in Tinplates and ‘inners’ Supplies. The different lines
while including all grades for which there is a regular demand,
are selected with experienced judgment, particular attention
being given to the quality and reliability of each article. The
firm has the most favorable arrangements for procuring goods,
and buying in large lots they obtain such concessions in prices as
to justify them in selling all goods at prices that make their
establishment a resort for all who are in quest of the best goods
at a reasonable cost. The trade of this house which is both
wholesale and retail is by no means confined to the city, but ex-
tends throughout the states of Ilinois and Indiana, to the public
of which localities equal advantages are offered as to those in
Тепе Haute. The members of this firm, Н. Р. Townley, Presi
dent and Treasurer, and Albert Harstine, Secretary, are both en-
terprising business men, who offer the greatest possible айтап
tages to patrons, and we commend them to the publie generally.

108 THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

с. с. SMITH,
Dealer in Farm Implements, Stoves, Ranges and
Furnaces, Wagons, Surreys, Buggies, Carts,
etc., ЗО! and 303, Wabash Avenue.

No hetter indication of the prosperity and progress of Terre
Haute’s commercial interests is supplied than by reference to the
career of the agricultural warehouse of Mr. С. С. Smith, which,
besides being the oldest of its kind in this section of the Sta

also the largest, and was established in 1842 by Messrs. N
& Sons, since which time it has been continuously operated by

members of the same family, the present proprietor having con-
trolled the business under his own name since 1865. Although
the date given, 1842, as above represents the inception of the
as a matter of fact Ме, N. Smith had laid its foundation
ars earlier, in 1834 пе he purchased а small tin

beginning has grown the extensive

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE. 109

and leading establishment now perpetuated by his son, and соп-
trolling а trade throughout this section of Indiana which is still
growing in volume as well as territorially. The system and order
with which the business is conducted and the steady and sure ad-
vance it is annually making in its chosen field are matters that are
generally recognized and favorably commented upon by business
men in all other branches of trade. The facilities of the house
embrace а three story and basement double store, 50x140 feet in
dimensions, where an extensive and well chosen stock is carried,
embracing the entire field of agricultural implements and tools,
wagons, carriages and buggies, stoves, tinware and tinners’ stock,
and in fact, everything useful on or about a farm as well as many
articles for city folks. The stock of farming implements coni-
prises the most improved and those best adapted for the use of
the farmer, all of which are fully warranted. Mr. Smith has the
exclusive agency in this city for many of the principal manufac
turers of these goods, among which are the McCormack Harvest-
ing Machine Со. Mowers, Reapers and Binders, the Barlow
Rotary Corn Planter, the Barlow Check Rowers, the Improved
Fremont Sulkey Cultivators, the Hoosier Com Drill, the Favorite
Сот Sheller, the Stoddard Manufacturing Co.'s Tiger Mowers,
‘Tiger Hay Rake, Imperial, Oliver Chilled and Aughe Improved
Plows, the celebrated Studebaker wagons, light business wagons,
road carts, buckboards and buggies, the old reliable Schuttler
farm wagons, ete. The line of stoves and kitchen furnishing
goods is equally complete, and embraces the Garland stoves and
ranges, the Quick Meal and Vaporstoves and tinners’ stock of all
Kinds. Mr, Smith is an active, enterprising and thoroughgoing
business man, in the prime of his commercial usefulness and the
correct principles upon which his business is conducted is worthy
the emulation of all. He is prominently identified with the ad-
vancement of Terre Haute in commercial greatness, and the result
of his suecessul labors so far may be said to be but an evidence of
Srhat he will accomplish in the future

с. W. HAMILL,
Millinery, 426 Wabash Avenue.

Опе of the latest and most important additions to the trade
facilities of Terre Haute, and the only establishment of the kind
at all approaching metropolitan proportions, is the elegant and
fashionable Millinery Emporium of Mr. Charles W, Hamill,
which has already become a leading resort for the ladies of this
city and vicinity. The salesrooms are centrally located, hand-
somely appointed, commodious and well-lighted and are the most
attractive of any of the kind in the city. Here, in pleasant
weather, may every day be found quite a gathering of the society
belles of this vicinity, inspecting, admiring and selecting from the
fresh and comprehensive stock of late novelties in imported hats
and bonnets, and the multitude of flowers, feathers, ribbons,

110 THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

laces, and other articles which go to make up the stock of a really
first-class millinery establishment, and embrace ап endless
variety of dainty articles which the fairer half of creation most
affect. Хо other establishment in the city exhibits so large and
varied, ог ко beautiful a collection of millinery goods as are here
displayed, and to judge from the constant ‘pressure to see and
purchase, there сап be по question as to the popularity of the
ouse or of the capacity of its management to fully supply the
wants of patrons. This is also the only millinery house in the
ity where the goods are sold at lowest Chicago and New York
prices, and a hat or bonnet from here not only has the imprint of
the latest fashion and style upon it, which gives to the wearer an
indescribable charm that would be lost if the same materials had
been put together by a novice, but is supplied at a most reason-
able price. "А department of dress-making is also a feature of the
business, where ladies may have their dresses made by a first-class
modiste in the latest styles. Mr. Hamill is well-known to this
community, and was formerly in the employ of Hoberg, Root &
Co. Ву reason of his enterprising methods and energetic capa-
bilities he has placed his new enterprise at the head of the trade
in this section, and he fully merits the success he has achieved.

CHICAGO & INDIANA BLOCK COAL CO.
Miners and Shippers of Indiana Block Coal,
Office 513 1-2 Ohio Street.

‘The coal interest of every large community must ever remain
of the first importance, and it is necessary that the system by
which the supply is received should be thoroughly organized and
efficiently directed. А prominent factor in the development of
the coal industry of this section is the Chicago & Indiana Block
Coal Co., whieh was incorporated in 1888, and operates the Нап
son mines, located in Clay county, about twenty-five miles distant
from Terre Haute. From this mine the company is now produc-
ing about 500 tons of coal daily, furnishing employment to about
250 operatives. Тһе company are miners of a superior quality of
Indiana block coal, the characteristies of which are no slate, no
snapping, no elinkers, free burning, small рег cent. of ash, and
superiority for domestic use. The business of the company is
exclusively, wholesale and the product is shipped chiefly to
Chicago and the North-west where it is in active demand for man-

ufacturing and smelting purposes as well as for railroad uses.
‘The great resources of the company give it important advantages
which it promptly shares with customers, and business relations

Treasurer, all wide-awake, energetic men,
with all the phases of the coal trade and accounted among the
substantial and public spirited citizens of Terre Haute, in whose
hands the continued development and growth of this city largely
depends.

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE. ш

KNIGHT & GROVER,
Merchant Tailors, Room 2, Corner Wabash Avenue
and 5. Sixth Street.
‘Though the tailor does not make the man, he may,
the opportunity, make the man look wel
vicinity ате better equipped with faciliti
natural talent to fully provide gentlemen

experience and
ith faultless outer
garments than are Messrs, Knight & Grover, who occupy the
position of being among the foremost merchant tailors of Terre

аше. This firm was organized in March, though this date by
по means indicates their connection with the trade, both having
previously enjoyed a long experience in the business in this city
and elsewhere. The firm's show-rooms are centrally located, well
lighted and contain the very finest and most elegant cloths and
suitings for gentlemen’s wear, imported specially for their trade,
which have been selected with rare taste, and they are made up
to order in the very highest style of the art by skillful workmen
under the close and critical supervision of the members of the
firm, who allow nothing to leave their establishment unless it
bears the imprint of excellence in every particular. The patron-

se of the firm is derived from the best class of citizens of Terre

faute and vicinity, and as one of the leading and most popular
merchant tailoring establishments of Terre Haute, catering only
to first-class trade, this enterprise is fully entitled to the marked
success it has achieved in this artistic industry

WILL W. ADAMSON,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Paints, Oils and
Class, 22 South Sixth Street.

‘The above enterprise, which now ranks among the most imp.
tant commercial industries of Terre Haute, was founded here in
1885, by Mr. W. W. Adamson. This is the most extensive house
of the kind in this section, and occupies one large floor and base-
ment, which are completely stored with an immense stock.of
paints, oils, window-glass, brushes, varnishes and manufacturers’
supplies of all descriptions. Mr. Adamson is also sole agent in
this section for the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company. The whole-
sale trade of this house extends largely throughout Illinois and
and Indiana, while it enjoys а lange retail trade throughout city
and vicinity. Orders ean be filled here at prices and on terms
equally as advantageous and at less expense of time and for
freighis than is incurred on purchases made in the metropolitan
cities, while the stock to select from is equal to the demands of an
almost unlimited trade. In the way of supplying manufacturers
and builders with elegant plate glass, ete., this house is headquar-
fers, and has long been known for the facilites it hes for supply-
ing these goods. The marked success of this house during the
past is the best evidence of its future usefulness, and we com-
mend it to our readers as in every way reliable, fair-dealing and
trustworth:

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE, из

TERRE HAUTE COMMERCIAL COLLECE,
W. С. Isbell, President.

Among the various sources of education which have a fixed and
acknowledged value, a high place must be accorded to the Com-
mercial College. In common with other schools the Commercial
College awakens the mind to the reception of knowledge and ex-
ercises a diciplinary effect, but its chief value over other schools
lies in the fact that it immediately prepares the student for an
active busines career and sends him forth fully equipped to fight
the battle of Ше, not with theories only but with practical
knowledge, Хо boy ог youth destined for commercial life can
otherwise but be greatly benefitted by the excellent course of
training and instruction these institutions afford. The Terre
Haute Commercial College is not only one of the oldest, but is
also entitled to rank as one of the very best institutions of the
kind in the West. Established in 1862 and conducted under its
present management since 1878, it has during the period of its
existence accomplished a great and good work and has become
опе of the steadfast institutions of Indiana. Here students of
both sexes have every advantage for obtaining a thorough busi-
ness education, and every modern facility isat hand for acquiring
practical experience in the conduct of business matters and after
the same methods that are in use in actual commercial life. The
course of study embraces book-keeping, penmanship, business
correspondence, commercial law, arithmetic, banking, commission,
exchange, transportation, merchandising, etc, and banks and
business offices are located in the College, with all the books,
papers, desks, furniture, letter press, etc., that would be in use in
any regular business enterprise, and in the transaction of the
business the student is taught to rely upon his own judgment
and conduct all matters the same as if they were to be consum-
mated by responsible parties. А marked advantage of this col-
lege lies in the fact that students of either sex may enter at any
time, and as each student is given personal instruction, he is
advanced as rapidly as his own abilities and preceptions permit,
hence the brighter the student the more quickly will he мше
the coveted knowledge and experience. Special departments are
also provided for teaching stenography, type-writing and teleg-
raphy. In all departments the course of instruction is thoroug]
and comprehensive and the charges are notable for moderation.
Mr. W. С. Isbell, the principal, is a gentleman of large and varied
experience in active business matters, and his scholarly abilities
have gained for him a high reputation as one of the most success-
ful teachers in the country. Не is assisted by а corps of able in-
structors who may be said to be specialists, and each student may
feel fully assured of receiving the most comprehensive course to
be obtained anywhere in this country. The Terre Haute Com-
mercial College since its foundation has graduated hundreds who
have since become shining lights in the commerce and manufac-
tures of the country, and the institution is commended by many

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14 THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

of the leading statesmen, professional and business men of the
state. Altogether the high character of this College is a matter
of credit to this city as well as to its management, ample evi-
dences of which are afforded by the signal and well attested suc-
cess of its past and present career, and we take pleasure in com-
mending it to the attention of parents and pupils everywhere.

н. D. PIXLEY, SON & CO.
Wholesale and Retail Clothing Manufacturers, and
Dealers in Men’s Furnishings, 508 and 510

Wabash Avenu
‘The advantages offered the public of Terre Haute and vicinity
for procuring first class clothing at lowest possible prices by
Messrs. H. D. Pixley, Son & Co., are in every respect fully equal
to those appertaining to the largest metropolitan centers. This
fact is apparent when it is stated that this firm is one of the
largest producers of ready-made clothing in the East, having its
headquarters at Utica, N. Y., where over 600 operatives ате con-
stantly employed making up strictly well made, fashionable
clothing for the firm's numerous branch stores located in various
parts of the country, Manufacturing their own goods in immense
Quantities and at the lowest possible cost of production and supply-
ing them direct to the consumer as this firm does, all intermediate
profits are done away with and the publie is enabled to procure
clothing at the same prices many less favored merchants them-
selves pay for their stock. Тһе firm’s branch in this city has for
a dozen years been recognized as а leading clothing emporium.
Under the able management of Mr. Jacob C. Kolsem since 1883,
the house has grown with the development of the city and now
presents all the features of the most advanced of its type. The
remises occupied are embraced in a threestory building 40X150
feet in dimensions, the whole of which is utilized and forms by
far the largest single clothing establishment in the city. The
stock embraces all kinds and styles of wearing apparel for men,
youths, boys and children, made from the finest imported and
jomestic cloths, as well as men’s furnishing goods of every
variety. A custom tailoring department is also maintained,
where the most elegant garments are made to order at reasonable
prices. The magnificent displays of clothing and furnishing
ods made in the handsome windows of the establishment,
though a great attraction to all passers, gives but а faint idea of
the character and variety of the stock shown inside, which to be
fully appreciated should be inspected. A feature is made at all
the firm's branches of periodical openings, or exhibitions of new
goods, at which time the public esteem it a privilege to attend,
and thus the name and fame of Pixley & Co. is carried abroad
and their liberality and consideration for patrons and friends are
fruitful of a reputation and a trade that makes the concern one of
the most substantial, reliable and responsible clothing establish-
ments of the country. Like other of our enterprising business
men, Messrs. Н. D. Pixley, Son & Со. are represented by mem-

bership in the Business Men’s Association of Terre Haute.

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE. 15

TERRE HAUTE BREWING COMPANY,
Lager Beer Brewers, Cor. Poplar and Ninth Streets.
An institution whose growth has been almost continuous with
the development of Terre Haute ав an industrial city, is the es-
tablishment of the Terre Haute Brewing Company. enter-
prise was originally founded in about 1850, and after several

4

changes in ownership, came under the control of Mr. Anton
Mayer, who conducted it until the

\corporation of the present
у nt plant of the company has
little in common with its earliest predecessor of forty years ago.

== с

It covers an entire block bounded by Poplar,
streets and the tracks of the Е.

of the largest industrial establis

of the company’s property i

being in.close proximity to th
connected by side tracks with 0
the receipt of raw materials and shipment of the product with-
out rehandling. The buildin

proper, the malt house, the off

ete, ae
tand
4

ling purposes (one of which makes
gines varying from 10 to 1:

spectively, and all
ing is an imposing
ted cellars are а prominent
feature. ‘In connection with the brewery isa bottling depart-
ment, consisting of a two-story brick building, located оп th

opposite side of Poplar street, where the company bottles their
beer for the use of families, hotels, and for shipment. Thirty
workmen are employed in the several departments, and six teams
are used for delivering the product to the trade, the capacity of

116 THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

the brewery being 70,000 barrels per annum. Details as to the
extent of the establishment, however, are of trifling importance
compared with the company’s superior methods of manufacture.
Та this respect the Terre Haute Brewing Company are fully in
advance of the times, and are producing the very finest quality of
beer in the American market, that can be produced from pure
Mater malt and hope. The product is chiefly disposed of in In-
diana and Ilinois, and so highly commended is the produet that
the reputation of the company for producing a pure and health-
ful beverage is a source of general pride to the city in which
their operations are conducted. The officers of the company are
Messrs. Crawford Fairbanks, President, and John Beggs, Secretary
and Treasurer, both gentlemen хо prominently connected with
the growth and development of the industries of Terre Haute as
to require no personal comments at our hands. The Terre Haute
Brewing Company being in the hands of experienced and able
managers, and being in ion of unsurpassed facilitios, with
а capital of $500,000 and a past record of reliability, integrity
and honorable dealing, there never yet was richer promise of
rapid and extended growth in the future.

JOHN HANLEY 4 СО.,
Manufacturers of Parlor Bed Lounges, Mattresses,

Awnings, Tents, Etc., 200 and 202 N. Third St.

‘The extensive and growing exterprise of Messrs. John Hank
& Со, is of а dual character, and in both departments is the only
establishment of the kind їп the city. The business was oris
inally founded in 1873, by John Hanley, the present firm, com-
posed of the founder and John М. Samuels, having been founded
In October, 1886. The firm is now about completing the erection
of а large new factory, which will be occupied early in August,
and will largely increase the facilities for production., The main
building is three stories high, 40x100 feet in dimensions, with a
one-story side extension 35x100 feet. The equipment will be of
the most modern character. operated by power, and employment
will be given to seventy-five operatives, about forty being now
employed. The products of the house embrace all kinds of awn-

gs, tente, fags and canvas goods, parlor bed-lounges, parlor
suits and rockers, mattresses and bedding, bed springs, camp fur-
niture, ete. The parlor bed-lounges, which are specialties of the
firm, are made in new and elegant designs, with coverings of the
latest patterns in tapestry and velvet carpets, made up in the
best style and at prices as low as is possible and consistent with
quality of material and good workmanship. The firm publish
illustrated catalogues of all their produets, to which they invite
the attention of the trade. In both departments of the business
the firm enjoys а large and annually increasing trade, sales being
made throughout Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and the Southern
States generally. The enterprise isa prominent feature of the
industrial growth of Terre Haute. It is conducted upon princi-
ples of liberality and fair dealing,

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE, ит

FOUTS, HUNTER & CO.,
Manufactures, of Mikado Wagons,
125 South Third Street.

‘This house was originally founded by Messrs. A. В. Fouts and
W. R. Hunter in 1864, as a livery and sale stable, dealing exten-
sively in horses as well as carriages. In 1881 the firm became
Fouts, Hunter & Co., which name has since been continued,
though its present members include only Ив original founders.

In 1883 the firm began the manufacture of their now celebrated
Mikado wagons, which are claimed with justice to be the best
light road wagons for general purpose in the market. These
Wagons are the result of many experiments on the part of Mr.
Hunter to produce a superior wagon for his own use, and upon

18 THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

accomplishing the desired end their manufacture for sale was
commenced. The first year the firm made and sold only four
wagons, the second year six, the third year eighty, the fourth
year one hundred and eighty, and the present year they will
manufacture at least five hundred. Since their first introduction
they have been greatly improved and new designs have been
iseued until at present the firm are making them in several differ-
ent styles with or without leather tops, or canopy tops, one and
two seat, and also one-man speeding wagons and pony’ wagons.
‘The materials used in these wagons are all first-class, no malleable
irons are used and they are strictly the product of hand skilled
labor. Their wagons may now be found in nearly all the States
of the Union, from Maine to California.

J. F. McCANDLESS & СО.
Farm Implements, Carriages, etc., City Building,
South Fourth Street.

‘The demands of an agricultural community, such as looks to
Terre Haute as а source of supply for improved farming ma-
chinery, are well supplied by the house of Messrs. J. F. Mo-
Candles: & Co., which was instituted the present year by J. F.
McCandless and John Kiekler, though this date by по means in-

dicates the experience of the firm in the business, since Mr.
‘McCandless has been engaged in the same line in this city for the
past eighteen years at another location. The firm have extensive
warerooms on the ground floor of the City Building, where they
carry a full and complete stock of farm implements and machi

ery, wagons, carriages, buggies, etc. They are sole agents in this
market for the celebrated Plano Reapers, Mowers, and Binders,
the Р. Р. Mast Cultivators, Drills, Harrows, Hay Rakes and Cider
Mills, the Springfield Manufacturing Co.’s Engines, Threshers and

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE. 119

Straw Stackers, the Rumley Manufacturing Co.'s Engines, the
Superior Drill Co.'s Drills, the South Bend and Gale Plows, the
LaPorte Wood Manufacturing Co.'s Buggies, Carriages and Carts,
and Creamer, Scott & Co.'s Carts and Road Wagons, as кей as
many other useful and improved devices for lightening the labor
of the agriculturist. The long experience of the management
enables them to offer the best implements in the market at lowest
rices, and the high reputation of the firm insures that fair and
iberal dealing which has so far attracted to the house its large and
growing trade and made it a prime factor in the commercial re-
sources of Тепе Haute.

NATIONAL STATE BANK,
431 Wabash Avenue.

‘The National State Bank of Terre Haute is the oldest. bank in
the city and the second oldest national bank. It was originally
instituted in 1836 ав а branch of the State Bank of Indiana, and
was re-organized in 1856, at the expiration of its charter, as the
Bank of the State of Indiana. Та 1863 it took advantage of the
National Banking Laws and became the National State Bank, and
its charter was renewed in 1885. From its inception to the pres-
ent time it has steadily maintained an unimpaired credit and
reputation, annually adding to its resources and usefulness, |The
officers оГ the bank are, President, Preston Hussey ; Cashier,
Charles M. Warren, and Directors, Preston Hussey, б. W. Bement,
W. S. Rea, Theo. Hulman, Sr., and A. J. Crawford; men whose
high standing is abundant guarantee of the continued faithful
dicharge of important trusts, and of the future prosperity of the
institution which for over half a century has been а model of
faithful and excellent management. The officers enjoy the full-
est confidence of patrons and the institution is still growing in
popular favor and influence. A feature of the bank worthy of
note is the long service of its officers. Mr. Preston Hussey, who
has been president of the bank since 1865, has been continuous

its own best commentary
on its management. ‘The record of this old and reliable institu-
tion is one of which both its managers and the city have every
reason to be proud, and, while its business policy is based upon a
system of conservatism and careful investigation of merit, its aid
is promptly and liberally extended to the industrial development
of Terre Haute’s resources,

120 THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

FROEB BROS.,
Wholesale Dealers in Saddlery, Hardware, Horse
Furnishing Goods, etc., 19 South Fifth Street.

Among those houses which have risen to deserved prominence
the industry and enterprise of their proprietors is that of
fessrs. Froeb Brothers, whose business has flourished with peren-

al vitality for over a third of a century and now occupies a po-
sition among the leading houses of its kind in the West. ‘The
business was originally founded in 1856 by Messrs. Watkins &

Slaughter, and after several changes саше into the possession of
the present firm in 1878. They occupy a fourstory building
30x125 feet in dimensions as the headquarters of their trade,
where they сату a heavy and complete stock of saddlery hard-
ware, leather, collars, trace chains, whips, blankets, robes and
horse furnishing goods of all kinds, from the cheapest malleable
iron castings to the most expensive goods of this class. All goods
are procured direct from the manufacturers in large quantities
and as the business of the firm is entirely a wholesale one, the
greatest inducements and advantages are offered to the trade,
their operations covering this and the adjoining States. The
members of the firm, Emil and Francis 0. Froeb, are both pro-
gressive business men’ and closely identified with the industrial
advance of Terre Haute. The career of this house has been pro-
motive to а large degree of the commercial interests of this city,
and our readers both at home and abroad are amply justified in
reposing the greatest confidence both in the firm and their unsur-
passed stock.

JOHN A. JUERCENS,
Farm Implements, Wagons, Carriages, etc., 120
and 122 South Fourth Street.

‘The enterprise of Mr. John A. Juergens, established in 1876, is
gne of the oldest and best known of the kind in Terre Haute, and
it enjoys a large and growing trade that extends throughout this
aud the adjoining counties. “Tho facilities of the house embrace
а commodious warehouse where is always to be found a lange and

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE. 11

сопре stock of improved Inborsaving machinery for agricul
tural purposes as well as wagons, buggies, сап ete. Mr.
Tuergens te sole agent im this city for the Buckeye Mowers,
Reapers and Binders, which are rightfully claimed to be the most
perfect machines of the kind in the market and have а world-
wide reputation; also the Brown, Moline and Case Cultivators,
the Moline Plows, the celebrated Fish Farm Wagons, and Hay-
dock Bros., St. Louis, Carriages. АП implements are procured
direct from first hands and аге sold at manufacturer's prices, and
the liberal and fair dealing business policy, upon which the house
has always been conducted, is. such as to insure the most pleasant
relations with all customers. Mr. Juergens is an enterprising and
р! ve business man, solicitous for the welfare of all patrons
and his aim is to supply only the most reliable and durable goods
in his Tine.

AMERICAN WHEEL CO.,
Manufacturers of Wagon Wheels, I3th Street and
9th Avenue. Main Office, Chicago, Ill.

In the north-eastern suburbs of Terre Наше, on the lines of the
“Big Four” and Chicago & Eastern Ilinois Railroads, is located
‘one of the extensive manufacturing plants of the American Wheel
Co. This industry was originally instituted in 1865, and has ever
since been one of the growing and particular factors in the indus-
trial development of Terre Haute. In December, 1889, the Ameri-
сап Wheel Co. was incorporated, with a capital stock of $2,000,000,
and succeeded to the business of the Keyes Manufacturing Co., of
this city, which company previously operated the Terre Наше
plant. ‘The American Wheel Co. also operates a number of other
similar establishments, located at Fort Wayne, Ind; Sandusky,
ОМо; Jackson, Mich; Indianapolis, Ind Wapokonata, Ohio;
Cincinnati, Ohio; Carthage, Ohio; and West Chester, Ра, the
combined out-put of which represents an enormous production
and adds greatly to the industrial thrift of the localities in which
the plants are located. Tn this city about three hundred skilled
workmen are employed, and the products embrace all kinds of
light and heavy wheels for vehicles. The works cover an area of
seven acres, the buildings are substantially constructed of brick,
and are fully equipped with all the latest improved machinery
and tools known to the trade, and are operated by а 250-horse-
power steam engine. The works are entirely self-contained, every
operation, from the receipt of the logs to the shipment ‘of the
finished wheels, being accomplished on the premises; and while
the cost of production is thus placed at a minimum, the highest
possible quality is also attained. The trade of the company ex-
tends to all parts of the United States as well as abroad, and the
merits of their products, which are strength, durability, economy
and elasticity, are annually inereasing the demand.

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE,

BRAMAN, BERRY 4 СО.,
Wholesale Dealers in Notions and Manufacturers of
Overalls, Pants, etc., 602 and 604 Wabash Ave.

The extensive house of Messrs. Bra-
man, Berry & Co. testifies in по un-
certain voice to the magnitude of the
wholesale trade of Terre Haute, а
well as to the energy and judgment
with which its affairs are ‘managed.
The enterprise was instituted by the
русе firm in 1862, and has since

uilt up a trade that covers a large
part of this State and Illinois, and is
annually increasing in volume. This
date, however, in nowise indicates the
commercial experience of the found-
ers of this house, since each has been
an active member of the business com-
munity of Terre Haute for upwards
of a quarter of a century. The firm
occupies two buildings each four stories
high with basement, and each 25150
feet in dimensions, the whole forming an emporium fully on a
par, both in extent and character of stock carried, with those of
Similar establishments in metropolitan cities. The store is pro-
vided with hydraulic elevators connecting all the floors, and
every modern convenience and accommodation have been pro-
vided that would in any manner facilitate the transaction of the
business or tend to the prompt fulfillment of orders. The stock
carried embrace a complete and exhaustive line of notions, small
wares, fancy goods, laces, white goods, linens, embroideries, et
and specialties are made of hosiery, underwear and ladies and
gents’ furnishings goods in which lines the largest and most com-
plete assortments of any in the city are shown. The firm are
also manufacturers of overalls, cotionade and cassimere pants
shirts, ete., for mechanics and workingmen, thus enabling the:
to offer the trade extraordinary inducements and advantages in
this class of goods, and the products are made from the best ma-
terials, with great саге and warranted to withstand the hardest
wear. А force of fourteen clerks and assistants are employed in
the business including six traveling salesmen on the road, and in
every department is an attractive display of the newest goods of
the season, which are procured direct from manufacturers and
first hands and аге furnished the trade at prices that are at once
liberal and reasonable. The members of the firm are Messrs. С.
L. Braman and J. H. Berry, both progressive and enterprising busi.
ness men and closely identified with the development of Terre
Наше. Their establishment is a prominent and valuable factor
of the commercial supremacy of this city, and its success and
prosperity are in every respect well merited.

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A. HERZ,
Ladies’ Bazaar, 512 and 514 Wabash Avenue.

‘The largest exclusive ladies’ furnishing house in Indiana is that
of Mr. А Herz, of this city, and, indeed, it is surpassed, either in
extent of stock or quality of goods, by few, if any, between New
York and the Mississippi. This great ladies’ bazaar has been а
prominent feature of the commercial resources of Terre Haute for
many years, and from its inception it has been managed with an
enterprise and energy that has made it the leading house of i
kind in the State, and its facilities, resources and trade have
grown with each year until to-day they are at least twenty tim
‘their original condition, and even then the house was considered
a prominent one. The occupancy of the present commodious
premises, which were obtained about two years since, was a move
in the right direction, and no other retail house in the city has
more convenient show-rooms or so well-lighted and so attractively
appointen a headquarters. The building has three floors, each
405150 feet in dimensions, connected by passenger and freight
elevators, and the whole divided into numerous departments for
the orderly and systematic classification of the immense variety
of goods handled. About sixty employés here find constant oc-
сирайоп under the supervision of competent heads of depart-
ments, each of whom in turn is responsible to the master mind
which directs all the operations of the establishment. With ref-
erence to the manner in which every detail is attended to, visitors
will find the bazaar elegantly appointed and completely fitted up
with every modern improvement that will in any way save time
to the customer ог facilitate the making of selections. In the
retail transactions of the house, the cash system is rigidly adhered
to, as also the one-price plan, which prove of mutual benefit to
both purchaser and salesmen, and as all goods are marked at
lowest possible prices, much time and money is saved to all con-
cemed by the prompt transaction of business. The tock embraces
а diversity simply impossible to deseribe in hosiery, gloves, corsets,
underwear, embroideries, laces, neckwear, dress trimmings, ready-
made suits, cloaks, wraps, jerseys, parasols, umbrellas, gossamers,
notions, fancy goods, lace curtains and curtain fixtures, portiere
and curtain materials, lingerie and bijoutry, and, in short, every
conceivable article that would properly come under these head-
ings. The house caters to no particular class, but welcomes all
and provides for all, and the establishment is truly a
for it caters to the whole people. АП goods are рш
from first hands, both at home and abroad, and in large quanti-
ties, and hence the greatest advantages in the way of variety and
low prices are afforded. The principles upon which the business
has always been conducted are those of fair dealing, giving full
value for money, and finding emolument in large sales rather than
in large profits. Mr. Herz, the founder and proprietor of this en-
terprise, is one of the most progressive of our business men and
substantial citizens, a prominent member of the Business Men's
Association, and active in all matters promising benefit to this

194 THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE НАС

community. Не devotes his close personal attention to all the
details of the business, and the splendid success resulting from
his efforts may be attributed to a strict adherence to every repre-
sentation made, an honest system of advertising, and the provi-
sion for every want of the ladies at the lowest possible prices.

CLIFT & WILLIAMS СО.,
Manufacturers of Sash, Doors, Blinds, Mouldings,
etc., Corner Ninth and Mulberry Streets.

This enterprise was founded in 1861 by Clift & Williams, who
were succeeded by Clift, Williams & Co., in 1880, and they
tum by the present company in 1888. The extensive and
modern plant of the company occupies an area of 150x260 feet,
upon which are erected a three-story mill 60x90 feet and a two-
story warehouse and office 40x70 fect, the two being connected by
a covered bridge at the second floor and the whole forming one
of the most complete establishments of the kind in Indiana, The
mechanical equipment embraces all the latest improved ma-
chinery usual to the trade, operated by а 50-horse power steam
engine, and the location of the plant being adjacent to the trunk
lines of railroad affords the most convenient receiving and ship-
ping facilities. Employment is furnished to about seventy-five
skilled workmen and the trade of the company extends generally
throughout Indiana and Tilinois, shipments also being to more
distant localities. The products of the company consist of sash,
doors, blinds, mouldings, stairs, balusters. newel-posts and gen-
eral mill work of all kinds, a specialty being also made in
hard-wood inside finish for buildings, hard-wood mantels,
etc. The officers of the company are J. Н. Williams, President,
and J. M. Clift, Secretary and Treasurer. The enterprise is an
important factor of the industries of Terre Haute and it is as pro-
nounced as it is well-merited,

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE. 125

THE BRADSTREET СО.,
Mercantile Agency, Room 3, McKeen’s Block.

‘The Bradstreet Co. is the leading representative of the great
system of mercantile agencies in this country. It was instituted
in 1849, and has since established its branch offices in all the prin-
cipal cities of the United States and Canada, Europe and Austra-
ia, and also has established correspondence with all civilized
countries of ће world. More than one hundred thousand cor-
respondents contribute to the investigations of the company and
asa result there is no purchaser of American products either at
home or abroad whose resources and trustworthiness may not be
Known to the company’s patrons and at the same time the finan-
cial standing of American merchants is promulgated abroad. The
company issues an exhaustive and comprehensive volume of re-
ports quarterly, and also a weekly journal of trade, finance and
public economy, known as “ Bradstreet’s,” which has no rival in
this country and is everywhere recognized and quoted as an
authority on these subjects. The Terre Haute agency was insti-
tuted in 1882 under the management of Mr. Geo. Е. Ackert, the
present incumbent, who is well and favorably known to eve
manufacturer and merchant here, and во satisfactorily are his sei
vices rendered as to practically give this company the monopoly
of the business in this city. The system in vogue with the Brad-
street Co. is the most complete and perfect known, and should re-
ceive the careful attention of all who bestow credit.

J. J. MURPHY,
Artist Tailor, 523 1-2 Wabash Avenue.

Wellfitting and well-made garments in these modern days have
become essentially а necessity, and nowhere in Terre Haute can
such be obtained in greater perfection than from Mr. S. J. Mur-
phy, who enjoys a high reputation for the taste and skill evinced
in the production of garments for gentlemen. At the above indi-
cated address he occupies commodious and handsomely appointed
chambers, well in accord with the refined trade that makes this
house its resort when requiring first-class outer garments. Неге
а large variety of fine fabrics are shown, which have been selected
with a judgment which years of practical experience necessarily
bestow, and inelude all the latest novelties of fine foreign goods
imported directly for their own use. This enterprise was origi-
nally instituted in 1886, the present proprietor having succeeded
to the business April last. He isan experienced tailor, thoroughly
understands what is required to constitute a gentleman's elegant
and fashionable attire, and for fit, quality, style and workmanship
the productions of this house cannot be excelled. At the same
time, the prices demanded are distinguished by features of mod-
eration and fair dealing which are the means of cementing pleas-
ant and satisfactory relations.

126 THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

TERRE HAUTE COAL AND LIME СО.,
Dealers in Coal, Lime, Sewer Pipe, etc.; Main Office,
515 Ohio Street. Branches, Junction 1. & St. L.
R. R. and Lafayette Street, and 923
East Main Street.

As is indicated by its name
the Terre Haute Coal and Lime
Company is engaged in hand.
ling both at wholesale and ret
coal of all kinds and masons’
building materials. The com-
pany, which is conducted under
the management of Mr. J. W
Landrum, was formed in March,
1887, and is an outgrowth of the
Coal’ Bluff Mining Company
which the enterprise was or
inally prosecuted, the latter com-
pany now confining its operations
entirely to mining and shipping
coal. The facilities of the Terre
Haute Coal and Lime Company
embrace the possession of two
extensive yards for storing and
distributing purposes and three
offices, and the trade which Бе.
sides being largely local in char-
acter also extends throughout a
considerable portion of this State

The com-
pany is the handler of
coal at retail in this market and
they practically handle all the
anthracite coal that comes to
‘Terre Haute. Their stock em-
braces anthracite, block, bitum-
inous and blacksmithing coal,
sewer pipe, lath, lime, hair, ce
ment, fire-brick.’ chimney tops,
tiling, etc., all of which аге re-
ceived direct from producers in
large quantities and are offered
to the trade at lowest prices
‘They are sole agents in this city
for Delphi, Oakalla and the best
grade Huntington Lime and their
stock is equal to any demands
that may be made upon it. Ten
assistants and six teams are em-
loyed in the conduct of the
Business and all orders are filled
with the greatest promptness.

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE, 127

Mr. Landrum has been connected with the enterprise since its
establishment and is a progressive business man, solicitous to
afford the trade and consumers the most advanced accommoda-
tions. The facilities, connections and resources of this company
are such as to place them among the leaders in their line in the
State and the important advantages they have conferred on the
industrial interests of Terre Haute give them a prominence in the
commercial thrift of the city that fully entitles them to the signal
success they have achieved.

TERRE HAUTE SHOE CO.,
Manufacturers and Jobbers of Boots, Shoes and
Rubbers, 620 Wabash Ave.

‘The wholesale trade of Terre Haute is one of its most promi-
nent and progressive features and each year witnesses additions to
its facilities. Опе of the most recent accessions to its commerce is
the Terre Haute Shoe Co., which was established and commenced
business January 1, 1889, and has since developed a trade that ех
tends throughout a large part of Indiana, Ilinois and Kentucky,
and gives ample promise of increased development in the future.
‘The company’s headquarters are embraced in three floors each
52X150 feet in dimensions, where they carry a АШ and complete
line of fine and medium grades of boots, shoes and rubbers for
men, women and children, suitable for the general trade in this
locality, all of which are furnished to dealers at manufacturers’
lowest prices and in quantities to suit. А speciality is made in
handling the old and well known Boston Rubber Shoe Co.'s rub-
bers, which are unquestionably the best goods in the market and
are everywhere so recognized by the trade and consumers. The
company offers the trade throughout the territory covered, the
advantages of prompt shipment, large assortment of staple goods,
and opportunities to sort up sizes and obtain them quickly, im-
possible to do where orders are made on more distant points,
while the ample resources of the company insure a large stock
from which to make selections and the lowest possible prices.
That these facts have been duly appreciated is evidenced by the
success of the enterprise, in spite of the strongest competition
from neighboring large cities. The proprietors of the house are
Messrs. W. S MeNary, Chas. р. Grith, J. Н. O'Boyle, Elisha
Havens and Robt Geddes. Messrs. Havens & Geddes are the
well known wholesale dry goods merchants of this city, and the
others are the active managers of the business and are ex]
rienced and progressive boot and shoe men. The success of the
Terre Haute Shoe Co. is widely recognized as the outcome of the
most upright business methods and fair dealings and there are
none who have received more worthily the support of so wide a
section of the boot and shoe trade of the country than this enter-
prising company.

128 ‘DUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

MILLER BROS. & CO.,

Wholesale Cracker and Bread Manufacturers, 20,
22, 24 and 26 North Sixth Street.

The wholesale
manufacture оѓ
crackers, fancy
biscuitsand bread
has of late years,
by the introduc-
tion of improved
mechanical aids,
во revolutionized
the indust

only in name, be-
ingsupplied daily

with all their
goods, of a qual-
ity superior and at less cost than Would be possible for them to
make the goods themselves. The chief enterprise of this chai

i of the State is that of Messrs. Miller Bros. &
Co., which was originally instituted by John Houck, in 1881, the
present firm, composed of Christian Е. and Henry б. Miller’ and
Christian Hansing, having succeeded to the business in 1889, The
firm’s factory is comprised in a commodious building, 75150
feet in dimensions, of which they occupy the entire ground floor
for manufacturing purposes. It is equipped with a 30-horse power
steam engine, a reel oven, and all the latest improved flour-sift-
ing, mixing, kneading and cracker making machinery, having a
capacity for converting about fifty barrels of flour daily into
bread, crackers, cakes, and fancy biscuits of all kinds, employ
ment being given to about twenty-five operatives, and three teams
being required for delivering the product to the trade. АП the
products are made upon scientific principles, with chemical uni-
formity and care, of the best and purest materials, and are supplied
at prices which result in a large and growing demand by consumers
throughout the circuit of their trade. The goods are handsomely
put up in attractive packages, and are distributed by the firm
throughout a large part of Indiana and Illinois, and are also han-
died by all the wholesale grocery houses of the city. The enter
prise is a valuable feature of the commercial resources of the city,
and its prosperity and increasing trade is the natural result of
the high quality of the products coupled with a business policy
that has invariably been regulated by justice, liberality and
integrity

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE. 129

EDCEWOOD STOCK FARM,
W. в. McKeen, Prop., Terre Haute, Ind.

Mr. W. R. MeKeen’s Edgewood Stock Farm is one of the places
of interest for all strangers visiting Terre Haute. Itis beautifully
situated, just two miles from the city on the National road, im-
mediately opposite the Vigo county fair grounds, thus affording
the use of one of the fastest mile tracks in the country. The
m contains 550 acres, laid off in paddocks and shaded by mag-
nificent trees, offering a delightful retreat for the one hundred or
more superbly-bred horses, which blend all the purest strains
owned by Mr. McKeen. The barns are commodious and nu-
merous, and are provided with roomy, well-ventilated box-stalls,
and an abundance of good grass and water is available.

The celebrated stallion, Mohican, was formerly at the head of
the stud of this farm, He died in February, 1889, leaving, how-
ever, a grand array of colts to perpetuate his memory. The chief
stallions now on the farm are Jersey Wilkes, with a two-year-old
record of 2:343, Edgewood, with a three-year-old record of 2:203,
and McCullough, sired by Robert McGregor, with a two-year-old
record of 251

‘Among the other families represented at Edgewood are sons
and daughters of Dictator, Belmont, Egbert, Cuyler, Wedgewood,
Pancoast, Mambrino Patchen, Hambrino, King Rene, Robert
MeGrogor, Mohican, Jersey Wilkes, Socrates, Wilkes Boy and
many others.

Visitors are cordially invited to inspect the highly, bred stock
at Edgewood, which will be cheerfully shown by the superin-
tendent in charge.

1. W. GRIFFITH,
Manufacturer of Flour Barrels, 605 to 617 Second
Street.

‘The milling interests of Terre Haute have also given rise to
important industries dependent on their prosperity for success,
and a leading one of this character is the slack barrel factory of Mr.
Т. W. Griffith, which he founded in 1883, and has since conducted
with prosperity and success. The plant covers four city lots, and
is contiguous to the railroad system of the city, the buildings, two
in number, being suitable for the purpose. Thirty-five skilled
coopers are employed, the products being hand-made flour bar-
rels, and the annual out-put is about 100,000 barrels, the majority
of which are used Бу the Hudnut Milling Co. for their corn good
Mr. Griffith is an experienced manufacturer and а progress
business man, is ably assisted by Mr. Theodore Stone, foreman,
in the production of first-class barrels. The enterprise is a prom-
inent feature of the industrial resources of the city, and is fully
worthy of the success it has achieved. ‘The house is now also
adding facilities for the manufacture of coiled hoops, and is now
теайу to receive orders for the supply of the trade in а short time,
and is in the market for the purchase of elm lumber suitable for
that purpose.

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МАСМЕТІС MINERAL SPRINGS,
Bath House and Natatorium foot of Walnut Stre
Established 1871.
‘The Magnetic Mineral Springs of this city, which have since

acquired а national reputation for the permanent eure of many
malignant diseases, were first discovered in 1871. The water is a

highly saline and sulphur water, and is obtained from an artesian
well at a depth of
in an unfailing suppl

feet from the surface. The water flows
ind reaches the air at a temperature of

ataron
of this water for bathing purposes and taken

у in connection, has proved in thousands of instances a
sure and radical cure for all kinds of s

other locality in the world, and sufferers everywhere would do

well to write for circulars and testimonials, which will be freely
furnished on application.

132 THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

МеКккх Brock.

DR. E. A. CILLETTE,
Dentist, McKeen’s Block, Сог. Wabash Avenue and
Seventh Street.

‘The science of dentistry has kept steady pace with the progress
of the age in all branches of the liberal professions, and American
dentists are everywhere recognized as the most skillful in the
world. Тете Haute is the headquarter of Dr. Е. A. Gillette, who
for the past six years has successfully practiced the science of
dentistry here in its most advanced phases. His elegant and
commodious parlors and operating rooms are provided with all
the most improved dental appliances and nothing is lacking that
could possibly aid in the successful prosecution of the work. Dr.
Gillett is an accomplished and enthusiastic. member of his pro-
fession and practices dentistry in all its branches, giving special
attention to the care of children’s teeth, upon which subject, un-
fortunately, too little attention is paid by average parents, thus
thoughtlessly entailing unnecessary loss by decay and otherwise
‘upon them when they grow older. "All civilized people, owing to
the forms of food consumed, are necessarily in need of the services
of a reliable dentist more or less frequently, and such a one is Рӯ.
Gillett, who may be said to occupy a place at the top of the lad-
der in his profession, to which position he has attained by reason
of his steady industry and conscientious and close application to
the most advanced principles of his art.

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE. 133

ROBINSON, ZIMMERMAN 4 CO.,

Wholesale Dealers in Notions and Furnishing Goods,
668 and 670 Wabash Avenue.

‘Terre Наше? rapid growth is largely attributable to her per-
fected transportation facilities enabling her mercantile houses to
economically and expeditiously reach а large section of territory,
and thus effectually maintain a prominent commercial suprem-
acy. Her wholesale trade is therefore a most important feature,
and in the line of notions and furnishing the house of
Messrs. Robinson, Zimmerman & Co. has from its inception been
a leading and progressive one, not only controlling a large trade
that rightfully belongs to this city, but by reason of the energy
and liberality of its management rapidly encroaching upon the
trade that formerly appertained to neighboring cities. The house
was established in 1885, by H. Robinson & Sons, the present firm
having succeeded to the business in 1888. They occupy а three-
story-and-basement store, 42X150 feet in dimensions, provided
with a hydraulic elevator, and conveniently arranged and hand-
gomely appointed throughout. Here they carry a complete and
judiciously selected stock, embracing every variety and kind of
notions, underwear, furnishing goods, hosiery, fancy goods, ete.,
required by the general trade in this section, all of which has
been procured direct from manufacturers in large quantities, and
is offered at prices which command favorable attention. Fifteen
assistants are employed in the several departments of the busi-
ness, including a number of traveling salesinen, who represent
the firm on the road. The business developed by the firm is typ-
ical of the populous territory that looks to Terre Haute for sup-
plies, and as the house maintains its prominence and leading po-
sition solely on the basis of merit and progressive management,
the city is to be congratulated upon the possession of such an ex-
tensive and ably conducted commercial enterprise.

NATIONAL HOUSE,

Heinly & Watson, Proprietors, Cor. Wabash Ave.
and South Sixth Street.

‘The National House has been а popular home for commercial
men and tourists for many years, and has been conducted under
the experienced management of its present proprietors for the

ast twelve years. For the coming season, however, its many
riends and patrons will hardly recognize it, so great has been the
change made by the recent modern improvements just completed.
‘The hotel is now provided with all those conveniences and lux-
uries that go to make up a first-class modern house. The office and
lobby are on the ground floor and are handsomely decorated and
embellished, as are also the reading-toom, the lavatory and other
public apartments. Ап elevator connects all the floors, and the
seventy-three rooms for guests are provided with electric bell ser-
vice, are well-lighted and ventilated, and have been re-decorated

134 THE INDUSTRIE:

OF TERRE HAUT]

and newly furnished. The hotel now presents а most attractive
appearance, and has everything requi the comfort and con-
venience of guests. The cuisine and service is all that сап be
desired, and the tables are bountifully spread with both substan-
tials and delicacies of the season. The rates are but two dollars
per day and upwards, according to the location of rooms, and
special rates are made to those remaining for any considerable
time. The proprietors are Messrs. Anderson W. Heinly and
Robert G. Watson, who also conduct the Etna Houseat Danville,
Til, the New Clinton House at Kokomo, Ind., and the Arlington
Hotel at Clarksville, Тепп. Mr. Heinly resides at Danville, Ш.,
and manages the Etna House, and Mr. Watson, who is also the
secretary of the Terre Haute Trotting Association, manages the
National House here. Both are wellknown to the publio as
courteous gentlemen, solicitous to do everything possible to en-
hance the comfort of guests. Terre Haute is now not behind her
sister cities in the matter of hotel accommodations, as апу one
gan perceive by а longer or shorter stay at the popular National
jouse.

с. W. CARICO,
Livery, Sale and Boarding Stables, 24 N. 3d Street.

The livery and boarding
stable of Mr. G. W. Carico
has long been an important
accession to the general ac-
commodations of this city,
and it is one of the most
portant of the kind in Terre

faute. The premises are
commodiousand well adapted

eon Мот Ше Purpose, and are pro-

vided with every accommodation and facility that would benefit
trons. Mr. Carico has a large number of stylish carriages and

jorses to let for pleasure-driving and for business, and first-class

carriages, hacks and coupés are furnished with careful and expe-
rienced drivers for parties, weddings, calls, funerals, shopping, ete.
An important department of the business is boarding, driving and
other horses, the best of саге being given the stock by experienced
hostlers under the supervision of the proprietor, who is а noted
horseman, and is the owner of several fine blooded stallions and
trotting horses. Не is also the agent in this market for the sale
of the celebeated Fraser road carts, which are by far the best vehi-
cles of the kind made.: Business men and others are invited to
inspect the accommodations offered here for horses. Under its
enterprising management this stable has attained a foremost posi-
tion in the community, and the city has every reason for congrat-
ulation upon the possession of so well-regulated an establishment,

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE. 135

A. CRAFE & CO.,
Wholesale Confectioners and Manufacturers of
Soap, 34 N. 6th St.

The wholesale
trade of Terre
Haute is one of
ts most, promi-
ent features,
and the еше
prise of Messrs.

confectionery
and fruit depari-
ment of the
Е trade. This
house was е
tablished in 1857
nd has since acs
quired a large trade throughout а large part of Indiana and
пок. The firm deal їп ай kinds of confectioneries, foreign
fruits, cigars and tobaceo, fire works, and other merchandise ust
ally handled by the trade, and the facilities for supplying these
rods are of the most advanced character. А recent departure in
the business of the firm is the manufacture of laundry and toilet
soaps, which, under the names of the Axtell laundry soap and
the Wonderful toilet soap are already becoming widely and
favorably known to the trade in this s

‘The Wonderful toilet soap in no way belies its name, since it is
by far the most wonderful soap ever put on the market for its

136 THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

medicinal properties in the cure of skin diseases, for beautifying
the complexion, softening the skin, and for general toilet pur-
poses. Numerous testimonials as to its wonderful effects from
well-known citizens can be seen at the office of the firm, and once
used it becomes а necessity in every family. The firm is now
prepared to fill all orders promptly, and solicits the patronage of
the trade.

CITIZENS’ CAS AND FUEL СО.,
Manufacturers of Fuel Gas, 30 South 6th St.

Although probably outside the natural gas belt of Indiana
‘Terre Haute has every advantage in the way of cheap fuel gas
that appertains to any of the so-called “ gas towns.” derived froi
the products of the Citizens’ Gas and Fuel Co., whieh was inco
porated in 1889, and is now prepared to furnish the public with
gas for fuel or illumination purposes at the remarkably small cost
‘of 35 cents per thousand feet. This company manufactures gas
from the petroleum obtained from the Terre Наше ой wells, and
by a series of experiments they have demonstrated that at the
price of their gas for domestic purposes, the cost is less than any
other obtainable fuel, while for power purposes Бу use in gas е
gines it is cheaper than either water or electric motor. The gas
is on exhibition at the company’s office and at the Board of Trade
room, where both its heating and illuminating powers may be in-
vestigated. The company is now laying its mains in the pri
cipal parts of the city and before the summer is over will have
upwards of twenty miles ready. The gas is being largely used
already and with the most satisfactory results, and the enterprise
is one of the leading attractions of the city to those looking for
industrial locations. The officers of the company are Messrs. Н.
Р. Townley, Pres.; Anton Hulman, Vice Pres.; Frank McKeen,
Treas; Willard Kidder, See’y and J. R. Kendall, Supt. and
‘Manager—zgentlemen whose names are a guarantee of success and
energetic management.

WEY BROTHERS,
Marble Monuments, 215 Walnut Street.

‘Terre Haute is fortunate in the possession of а firm skilled in
the production of marble and granite monumental work of a
highly artistic character. This firm is that of Messrs. Wey Bros.,
who have been established here since 1882, and have since built
up a large and growing trade, extending throughout the city and
vicinity. Their facilities embrace a two-story brick warehouse
and shop, where they furnish employment о а number of marble
and granite cutters, and also show а large assortment of finished
monuments, headstones and tablets, which bear the marks of
artistic design and workmanship. Monùments produced by the
firm are to be found in all the principal cemeteries in this vicin-
ity, and the services of the firm are in constant and increasing

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE. 137

request, Among the notable monuments erected by еш are
those of Carl Zimmerman, Peter Stein, George Lockridge, J. J.
Farrell and Mrs. Davis in Woodland Cemetery ; Ferdinand Bur-
gert, Jacob Sachs and Sandford $. Ripley in Highland Lawn, and
they are just completing а handsome granite monument for Mr.
i 'ounty Recorder, which will be placed in Oak
east of Riley. Special designs are made by the
y kind of a monument, from a simple headstone to
an elaborate memorial, will be furnished at prices much more
advantageous to the purchaser than is possible to be obtained in
larger eities where the expenses of doing business are greater,
vhile at the same time the high character of all the productions
will be maintained. This enterprise is a leading one of its kind
in this section, and its success is a eredit to its management as
well as to its patrons and this city

JAMES HUNTER & CO.,
Shirt Makers and Men’s Furnishers, 523 Wabash
‘Avenue.

Ever since its inception the men’s outfitting establishment of
Мет, James Hunter d Co, has occupied the leading position in
the trade for the supply of fine ‘The stock carried by the
firm in their elegantly а appointes salesrooms embraces all the most
recherché goods required by gentlemen, of both foreign and home
production, and. includes, neckwear collars and cuff, dress and

Jigé shirts; silk, wool, lisle-thread and gauze underwear, night
robes, bath robes, hosiery, gloves, toilet articles, handkerchiefs and
many other articles indispensible and luxurious, which go to
make up the wardrobe of a well-dresced and refined man. Much
of the stock is of ће firm’s own importation, and the novelties
shown in umbrellas, canes and neckwear, hosiery and other ar-
ticles would delight the soul of “ Beau Brummel” himself, А
special feature of the business is the making to order of fine dress
shirts,and in this branch of the trade the firm has no compecrs
in the city. The stock throughout is not to be compared with
any ordinarily shown as furnishing goods, and it has no equal for
novelty, high character or tasteful selection in the city. Та con-
nection’ with the business the firm maintains a large and well
‘equipped custom laundry, and work is called for and delivered to
all parts of the city. A feature of the laundry isa clean towel
supply service, by means of which offices, business establishments
and factories are supplied daily with clean towels at a mere nom-
inal cost, The trade of the house, in its several departments is
largely among the best class of Terre Haute's citizens and orders
for its unsurpassed products are also received from distant locali-
цев. The members of the firm, Messrs. James Hunter and George
N. Kramer, are both progressive and enterprising business men,
who, in catering to a first-class trade. have conferred great advan-
tages upon the commercial resources of Terre Haute by the con-
duct here of an establishment devoted to the sale of goods of such
character and superiority.

1з THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE,

HUCHES 4 LEWIS,

Interior Decorators, and Dealers in Wall Paper,
Curtains, etc., 28 South Fifth Street.

‘The decoration of interiors has of late years received а won-
derful impetus in this country, and in this direction the house of
Messrs. Hughes & Lewis occupies a commanding posit
Haute. The enterprise was instituted in 18
complished а vast amount of work in its spec
vicinity. The facilities of the house
brace the employ Г fourteen skil
men, all of whose ope
the firm. The firm do eve
work in freseo, cornice tintin

nd has since ac-
line in ti
e unsurpassed, and em-
‘d decorators and work-

aplete stock of all the latest novelties in wall papers,
window shades, shade rollers, ete. A specialty of the firm is con-
tracting for the embellishn vate residences, publie build-

atés, clubs, ete out by them are
ble for origi e of uniformity
The firm hi
Hotel

and a large
lings їп апу of the
eg ces in this city has been
accomplished by them. Тһе members of the firm, Messrs
wis, are both exper
rators, and Mr. Hughes has bee
hast sixteen years with both in St. Louis and this
city. Those requiring their services may be assured that this
prising firm will be found prompt, reliable and fair-dealing,
and that all work accomplished by them will withstand the most
severe criticism.

meed mural deco-
ed in the business for the

THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUT! 139

F. С. FISBECK,
Furniture, and Picture Frames and Mouldings, 311
Wabash Ave.

One of the leading and rep-
resentative houses in this city
devoted to the furniture trade
is that of Mr. F. C. Fisbeck,
which was founded in 1881 by
Probst & Fisbeck, the present
proprietor succeeding to the
sole control of the business in
ег since its incep-
house has received a
ral and substantial pat-
spread popularity and prominence
cellence of its stock and the honorable methods with
which its business has been conducted. The premises occupied
are embraced in a three-story and basement building, 22x 142 feet

and has achieved a

опе of the finest store-room:
ond floor, devoted to show rooms,
the res, and the third floor is used for manu-
facturing picture frames, the house being headquarters for all
kinds of picture, mirror and interior mouldings. The stock of
furniture is large and complete, and embraces everything for the

kitchen. “All the goods
et, and they are supplied
t prices remarkable for moderation. ‘The trade of the house,
while, being largely local, also extends into neighboring counties
and is annually increasing in volume. Mr. Fisbeck is а wide-
awake and energetic business man, and his success has been
tained by an unswerving devotion to a straightforward and lib-
eral business policy, and the sale of such furniture as could be
classed thoroughly reliable and satisfactory to patrons.

JACKSON & MUEHLENHARZ,
Manufacturers of Buggies and Wagons, 200 and
202 South Second Street.

A prominentand well-
known house, devoted
to the manufacture of
ggies, light carriages
business wagors to
order, is that of Messrs.
Jackson &
which was
here in 1
since acquired a high
reputation for the supe-
riority of their output.
The factory is а two-

140 THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE.

story frame building 35x 100 feet in dimensions, which is equipped
with all necessary tools and appliances for the work in hand, and
furnishes employment to about five skilled workmen. The house
does a large custom trade, and the carriages, buggies and wagons
made by them are of the best materials and warranted to prove
satisfactory in every respect. АП the goods of this house are the
produet of hand-work, and particular attention is given to job-
ing and repairing in all its branches, which is done in the best
manner and with promptness. In speaking of the jobbing and
repairing department of this firm, itis safe to say that they, are
unexcelled by any similar concern of Из size in the city. The
individual members of the firm, Messrs. Chas. Н. Jackson and
Fred Muehlenharz, are both practical and expert carriage build-
ers, giving their personal attention and scrutiny to all the opera-
tions of the business, and may be quoted as honorable and
energetic business men, and we commend them to the patron-
izing public in general.

STUBBS BROS. & CO.,
Dealers in Pumps, 420 Ohio Street.

Тһе demand for pumps of all kinds and
driven wells in this city and vicinity is well
supplied by the enterprise of Messrs. Stubbs
hich is the most extensive of
section of the State. The
Е formation of a large part of the State is
such that necessitates the use of wells for
‘procuring water, and this firm is provided
with all facilities for putting down driven
wells, which is done after the most eco-
Е nomical methods and in the most scientific
manner. The firm also deal in wood, iron,
stone and chain pumps, and are agents for
the Champion Force Pumps and Manvel
Wind Mills, and they carry a large and com
plete stock of these goods at all times, which
are procured direct from manufacturers and
are sold to consumers at lowest possible
prices. А specialty is also made in repair-
Hing pumps. The firm have a team on the
|| road making sales and. deliveries. їп the
J country, and shipments are also made direct

from the ware-rooms. The active managers

of the business are Messrs. Frank Р. and

Charles Stubbs, both enterprising and push-

ing business men, whose success in this field
Sectional rien of the works of industry has been as prominent as it is
рое MPM well merited.

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THE INDUSTRIES OF TERRE HAUTE. ч

FOUTS, HUNTER & CO.,

Manufacturers of Mikado Wagons, 121 South Third

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For description of business see page 117.

142 THE INDUSTRI

ES OF TERRE HAUTE.

FORD & OVERSTREET,

Merchant Tailors, Clothiers and Mens’ Outfitters,
521 Wabash Ave.

nd reliable tailoring and furnishing establish-
ment has for many years occupied a high position in the com-
mercial resources of Terre Haute, and is deservedly popular with
those most fastidious in matters of elegant wearing apparel. The
house was originally founded by Mr. А. С. Ford, the present firm
having been organized early the ensuing year. Both gentlemen
are thoroughly experienced in the bu: to which they devote
their close personal attention, coneern in ‘the
carries so large and varied an assortment of fine imported woolens
and cloths for gentlemen’s ga The attractive and cen-
trally located salesrooms contain a large stock of fine ready-made
clothing, as well as men’s furnishing goods, to which equal а
tention is given in supplying ће best grades. The trade of the
house is derived from the city and vicinity, and those who desire
‘the best fitting and most carefully made clothing сап find the
same here at prices as reasonable as the garments are excellent.
Mr. Ford was formerly an extensive wholesale manufacturer of
clothing in another city, and Mr. Overstreet is still engaged in a
similar enterprise at Spencer, Ind. Both are progressive mer-
chants solicitous for the welfare of patrons, and all their opera-
tions are characterized by enterprising energy and fair dealing.

‘This leading

Adamson, Will W., Paints ...11
АШееу, H., Heading Works . | ` 104
American Wheel Со. 11

Barker, 8 C., Wholesale Liquors 105
Bement, Rea & Со, Wholesale

Ооба livery
a Indiana Coal Co.. >

Cliff Со. Boiler Manufacturers 88

Clift & Williams Co., Stair Ба.

Edgewood Stock Farm... . 129
Ehrman Ма Co., Overalls, ete. 14.
Elliott, W. R., Paper Boxes - ~. 59
Exchange Амона Bath House. 38
Fisbeck, F. C., Furniture . . . . 139
Ford & Overstreet, Clothiers . ` 132

Foster, Albert Z., Furnitare

Fouts, Hunter &Co.,

Frank, S., Pants anc

Freers, Frederick, Та

ер Brother, Saddlery Налі.
ware» ne

A-E Co, Bases Grocers 108

Graham, H., Florist. © a e o
Greiner Shoe Mg Co | пе
Grifith, 1. W., Cooper > < | | 1129

Hudak iting Go. Corn Goods ы
Hughes & Lewis, Decorators .
Hulman & Co.,

Jackson & Muelenharz, Carriages 159

Jenckes Е Co, Hominy Mill". 82
Jordan, Arthur, Produce =".
Juergenn J-A., Farm Tmploments.120

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Каш & Grover, Tailors =

Lancaster Block Coal Co
Leeds, E. W., Jeweler

Lockwood, Lewis, Artificial Limbs 70

Mineral Springs... 131

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McKeen & Со, Bankers: |.

Meyer, Henry, Wholesaie Liquors 99
‘Miller Bros. & Co., Cracker Bakers. 128
Moench, A., Produce 60

‘Murphy, J. J., Tailor > | <

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Terre Наше Shoe Co.
Townley Stove Co.

Vigo Counts
Vigo Iron б

Wabash Iron Co.

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Zimmerman & Stahl, Overalls, ete 87

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